xwayland-satellite is the recommended way to run X11 apps, which are unfortunately still many, on niri. is that “setting my house on fire”? really confused here.

yeah really confused about that reply too. is using anything other than Gnome on Wayland “setting the house on fire”?

but i do have xwayland. please read my comment again.

mostly windows going blank or straight up refusing to launch

issue closed != issue resolved though. it worked “a few” weeks ago for me too, and now it doesn’t. other people in fedi and one in that issue have the same problem, so it’s not like i’m alone with some weird setup here.

also i should note, although i did that in the linked issue, that other xwayland compositors do work. they’re just way more janky for running X11 apps seamlessly. so i’m not convinced the issue is elsewhere. i just didn’t press the issue out of respect for the maintainer and the only productive thing to do at this point would be to submit a patch if i am indeed right.

god i wish. half of my X11 apps don’t work, some that used to keep breaking out of nowhere.

Steam works through the XWayland compatibility layer

unless you use an environment that doesn’t support XWayland, like niri. xwayland-satellite used to be the easier route in that case but that seems to be broken now.

edit: wow i always thought people were being obtuse when complaining about “wAyLaNd sHiLLs” in their replies when criticizing Wayland. but now i’m not so sure.

None. Move your living room to the forest and never look back. Be free.