788271 – www-client/google-chrome: (wayland) - Unable to open X display.

Bug 788271 - www-client/google-chrome: (wayland) - Unable to open X display.

Summary: www-client/google-chrome: (wayland) - Unable to open X display.

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor
Assignee:	Chromium Project

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Reported:	2021-05-05 05:13 UTC by Szymon Scholz
Modified:	2021-05-05 18:18 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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emerge info with package settings (emerge_info_google-chrome.xz,3.05 KB, application/x-xz) 2021-05-05 05:13 UTC, Szymon Scholz	Details
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Description Szymon Scholz 2021-05-05 05:13:47 UTC

Created attachment 706092 [details]
emerge info with package settings

==== The issue ====
$ google-chrome-stable
[2969:2969:0505/061605.403992:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(1386)] Unable to open X display.

There is known a workaround -> $ google-chrome-stable --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland <- worth mentioning, but shouldn't be as simple as typing "google-chrome-..." out of the box? In this case is it an real issue that should be fixed, or wont-fix (cos foobar can do an alias)?

Comment 1 Szymon Scholz 2021-05-05 05:37:58 UTC

aliases don't work with application launchers (dmenu, bemenu) which functionality depends on pkg-config

Comment 2 Reva Denis 2021-05-05 16:26:46 UTC

At this point wayland support is still unstable in chrome, so it's not a bug :)

Comment 3 Stephan Hartmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2021-05-05 18:18:12 UTC

We just install the desktop file provided by upstream. If you want to change it, you can copy the desktop file (e.g. /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop) to ~/.local/share/applications or /usr/local/share/applications and add your flags to it.