Why can't I kill a terminal window with xkill in Wayland?
When I run xkill in terminal a X (cross sign) appears which seems to kill that GUI process (application) on which it is hovered and clicked. I expect the same behavior for GNOME Terminal (since in my understanding it is also a GUI application). But I get different behaviors under different display manager.
Under x11:
Under Wayland:
It seems xkill can't kill terminal in Wayland.
command-line xorg wayland xkill
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When I run xkill in terminal a X (cross sign) appears which seems to kill that GUI process (application) on which it is hovered and clicked. I expect the same behavior for GNOME Terminal (since in my understanding it is also a GUI application). But I get different behaviors under different display manager.
Under x11:
Under Wayland:
It seems xkill can't kill terminal in Wayland.
command-line xorg wayland xkill
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Note that Wayland is not a display manager but rather a display server protocol, which is a rather big difference. X server software likexkilldoes very well work in (supposedly all) different X display managers, but naturally not in Wayland ones – and the other way around.
– dessert
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When I run xkill in terminal a X (cross sign) appears which seems to kill that GUI process (application) on which it is hovered and clicked. I expect the same behavior for GNOME Terminal (since in my understanding it is also a GUI application). But I get different behaviors under different display manager.
Under x11:
Under Wayland:
It seems xkill can't kill terminal in Wayland.
command-line xorg wayland xkill
edited 53 mins ago
dessert
22.4k56198
asked 1 hour ago
KulfyKulfy
4,26151342
When I run xkill in terminal a X (cross sign) appears which seems to kill that GUI process (application) on which it is hovered and clicked. I expect the same behavior for GNOME Terminal (since in my understanding it is also a GUI application). But I get different behaviors under different display manager.
Under x11:
Under Wayland:
It seems xkill can't kill terminal in Wayland.
command-line xorg wayland xkill
command-line xorg wayland xkill
edited 53 mins ago
dessert
22.4k56198
asked 1 hour ago
KulfyKulfy
4,26151342
edited 53 mins ago
dessert
22.4k56198
asked 1 hour ago
KulfyKulfy
4,26151342
edited 53 mins ago
dessert
22.4k56198
edited 53 mins ago
dessert
22.4k56198
edited 53 mins ago
dessert
22.4k56198
22.4k56198
asked 1 hour ago
KulfyKulfy
4,26151342
asked 1 hour ago
KulfyKulfy
4,26151342
asked 1 hour ago
KulfyKulfy
4,26151342
4,26151342
1
Note that Wayland is not a display manager but rather a display server protocol, which is a rather big difference. X server software likexkilldoes very well work in (supposedly all) different X display managers, but naturally not in Wayland ones – and the other way around.
– dessert
50 mins ago
add a comment |
1
Note that Wayland is not a display manager but rather a display server protocol, which is a rather big difference. X server software likexkilldoes very well work in (supposedly all) different X display managers, but naturally not in Wayland ones – and the other way around.
– dessert
50 mins ago
1
1
Note that Wayland is not a display manager but rather a display server protocol, which is a rather big difference. X server software like
xkill does very well work in (supposedly all) different X display managers, but naturally not in Wayland ones – and the other way around.– dessert
50 mins ago
Note that Wayland is not a display manager but rather a display server protocol, which is a rather big difference. X server software like
xkill does very well work in (supposedly all) different X display managers, but naturally not in Wayland ones – and the other way around.– dessert
50 mins ago
add a comment |
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According to a bug report and response by Jean-Batiste Lallement:
This is a known issue with wayland documented upstream on
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Wayland_problems#Many_well-known_X11_utilities_don.27t_work
Don't hesitate to file any bug you may find.
To quote Fedora documentation:
Power users are familiar with a large range of X11-related utilities,
like xkill, xrandr, xdotool, xsel. These tools won’t work under
Wayland session, or will only work with XWayland applications but not
Wayland applications. Some tools might have a replacement which allows
to perform similar tasks.
Thus, it's a well known issue. You may want to submit a bug report (and probably it will be marked a duplicate) or wait until upstream fixes things.
For the time being, you may want to stick with the pkill or kill in terminal
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According to a bug report and response by Jean-Batiste Lallement:
This is a known issue with wayland documented upstream on
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Wayland_problems#Many_well-known_X11_utilities_don.27t_work
Don't hesitate to file any bug you may find.
To quote Fedora documentation:
Power users are familiar with a large range of X11-related utilities,
like xkill, xrandr, xdotool, xsel. These tools won’t work under
Wayland session, or will only work with XWayland applications but not
Wayland applications. Some tools might have a replacement which allows
to perform similar tasks.
Thus, it's a well known issue. You may want to submit a bug report (and probably it will be marked a duplicate) or wait until upstream fixes things.
For the time being, you may want to stick with the pkill or kill in terminal
answered 59 mins ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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According to a bug report and response by Jean-Batiste Lallement:
This is a known issue with wayland documented upstream on
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Wayland_problems#Many_well-known_X11_utilities_don.27t_work
Don't hesitate to file any bug you may find.
To quote Fedora documentation:
Power users are familiar with a large range of X11-related utilities,
like xkill, xrandr, xdotool, xsel. These tools won’t work under
Wayland session, or will only work with XWayland applications but not
Wayland applications. Some tools might have a replacement which allows
to perform similar tasks.
Thus, it's a well known issue. You may want to submit a bug report (and probably it will be marked a duplicate) or wait until upstream fixes things.
For the time being, you may want to stick with the pkill or kill in terminal
answered 59 mins ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
71.1k9147312
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According to a bug report and response by Jean-Batiste Lallement:
This is a known issue with wayland documented upstream on
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Wayland_problems#Many_well-known_X11_utilities_don.27t_work
Don't hesitate to file any bug you may find.
To quote Fedora documentation:
Power users are familiar with a large range of X11-related utilities,
like xkill, xrandr, xdotool, xsel. These tools won’t work under
Wayland session, or will only work with XWayland applications but not
Wayland applications. Some tools might have a replacement which allows
to perform similar tasks.
Thus, it's a well known issue. You may want to submit a bug report (and probably it will be marked a duplicate) or wait until upstream fixes things.
For the time being, you may want to stick with the pkill or kill in terminal
answered 59 mins ago
Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy
71.1k9147312
According to a bug report and response by Jean-Batiste Lallement:
This is a known issue with wayland documented upstream on
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Wayland_problems#Many_well-known_X11_utilities_don.27t_work
Don't hesitate to file any bug you may find.
To quote Fedora documentation:
Power users are familiar with a large range of X11-related utilities,
like xkill, xrandr, xdotool, xsel. These tools won’t work under
Wayland session, or will only work with XWayland applications but not
Wayland applications. Some tools might have a replacement which allows
to perform similar tasks.
Thus, it's a well known issue. You may want to submit a bug report (and probably it will be marked a duplicate) or wait until upstream fixes things.
For the time being, you may want to stick with the pkill or kill in terminal
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Note that Wayland is not a display manager but rather a display server protocol, which is a rather big difference. X server software like
xkilldoes very well work in (supposedly all) different X display managers, but naturally not in Wayland ones – and the other way around.– dessert
50 mins ago