Bug#1031688: gnome-shell 44~beta crashes immediately unless mutter-common-bin is installed

[Roderich Schupp]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 5:27 PM Simon McVittie <smcv at debian.org> wrote:

> > Feb 20 15:18:32 nuc8 gnome-shell[7963]: Running GNOME Shell (using mutter
> > 44.beta) as a X11 window and compositing manager
> >        ??? why X11, should be Wayland
>
> mutter is a Wayland compositor, but it's also an X11 window and compositing
> manager at the same time. Even when running in native-Wayland mode, it
> manages X11 windows (if any) in its Xwayland instance, to provide
> compatibility with older applications.
>

Sure, but  the string "Running GNOME Shell (using mutter XXX) as a X11
window and compositing manager"
doesn't appear in my journal at all before installing 44.beta, only the
"... as a Wayland compositor" variant.

Cheers, Roderich
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