GDB session gives: Thread 1 "doomsday" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. _XGetRequest (dpy=dpy@entry=0x555555fef950, type=type@entry=98 'b', len=len@entry=8) at /usr/src/debug/x11-libs/libX11-1.6.9/libX11-1.6.9/src/XlibInt.c:1782 1782 req->reqType = type; (gdb) bt #0 _XGetRequest (dpy=dpy@entry=0x555555fef950, type=type@entry=98 'b', len=len@entry=8) at /usr/src/debug/x11-libs/libX11-1.6.9/libX11-1.6.9/src/XlibInt.c:1782 #1 0x00007ffff53342e3 in XQueryExtension (dpy=dpy@entry=0x555555fef950, name=name@entry=0x7ffff52bc128 <XRRExtensionName> "RANDR", major_opcode=major_opcode@entry=0x7fffffffd5a4, first_event=first_event@entry=0x7fffffffd5a8, first_error=first_error@entry=0x7fffffffd5ac) at /usr/src/debug/x11-libs/libX11-1.6.9/libX11-1.6.9/src/QuExt.c:44 #2 0x00007ffff5325a13 in XInitExtension (dpy=dpy@entry=0x555555fef950, name=name@entry=0x7ffff52bc128 <XRRExtensionName> "RANDR") at /usr/src/debug/x11-libs/libX11-1.6.9/libX11-1.6.9/src/InitExt.c:47 #3 0x00007ffff52ef8cd in XextAddDisplay (extinfo=extinfo@entry=0x7ffff52bc1b0 <XRRExtensionInfo>, dpy=dpy@entry=0x555555fef950, ext_name=ext_name@entry=0x7ffff52bc128 <XRRExtensionName> "RANDR", hooks=hooks@entry=0x7ffff52bc140 <rr_extension_hooks>, nevents=nevents@entry=2, data=data@entry=0x0) at /usr/src/debug/x11-libs/libXext-1.3.4/libXext-1.3.4/src/extutil.c:110 #4 0x00007ffff52b2326 in XRRFindDisplay (dpy=0x555555fef950) at /usr/src/debug/x11-libs/libXrandr-1.5.2/libXrandr-1.5.2/src/Xrandr.c:295 #5 XRRFindDisplay (dpy=0x555555fef950) at /usr/src/debug/x11-libs/libXrandr-1.5.2/libXrandr-1.5.2/src/Xrandr.c:287 #6 XRRQueryExtension (dpy=0x555555fef950, event_base_return=0x7fffffffd678, error_base_return=0x7fffffffd678) at /usr/src/debug/x11-libs/libXrandr-1.5.2/libXrandr-1.5.2/src/Xrandr.c:352 #7 0x00007ffff7a49d12 in DisplayMode_Native_Init () from /usr/lib64/libdeng_gui.so.2.2 #8 0x00007ffff79cd9d1 in DisplayMode_Init () from /usr/lib64/libdeng_gui.so.2.2 #9 0x00005555557419ce in ClientApp::initialize() () #10 0x000055555572250d in main () Wayland is not supported in doomday 2.x, however there is a work in progress at the upstream level on this subject see: https://tracker.dengine.net/issues/1886 Just for the reference, nothing can really be done on Gentoo right now.