Bug#943610: gnome-shell: --replace not available in Wayland mode

[Simon McVittie]

Control: retitle -1 gnome-shell: --replace not available in Wayland mode
Control: tags -1 + wontfix

On Sun, 27 Oct 2019 at 11:33:07 +0100, wim wrote:
> it seems that
> $ gnome-shell -r (or --replace) 
> doesn't work anymore in debian buster (it used to work in stretch)

The --replace feature cannot work when GNOME Shell is run as a Wayland
compositor. It can only work in the older architecture where GNOME Shell
runs as an X11 window manager, with a separate X11 server (Xorg) that does
not restart.

The same is true for restarting GNOME Shell by typing "r" in the dialog
box produced by Alt+F2.

If you rely on features that only work in X11 mode, you can select
"GNOME on Xorg" from the list of available sessions in gdm (it's a
gear/cogwheel icon below the password box).

    smcv