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Wayland in Tails 5.0 (Bullseye)

Originally created by @intrigeri on #12213 (Redmine)

Run the GNOME session on Wayland instead of X.Org, and adjust whatever is needed such as:

Our test suite uses xdotool, that only partly works on Wayland: xdotool set_desktop N still works, but xdotool key Super doesn’t, and xdotool search --name only works for apps that are not Wayland native.
We run quite a few of GUI apps under gksudo/pkexec/sudo, such as the Unsafe Browser. This can be worked around for apps that run via XWayland (i.e. not Wayland-native apps) with hacks like xhost +si:localuser:root, which might be acceptable as a temporary transition measure, as long as there’s a clear plan to fix that at some point (since it defeats some of the benefits of switching to Wayland in the first place, such as security improvement, a11y / IBus / on-screen keyboard support in all graphical apps)
Consider dropping the 89cc641f39a5414e763112f698739bb2351da7d8 hack: there are rumors that GDM’s session does not linger after login on Wayland.

Resources:

Debian bugs tagged wayland

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to #14522
Related to #14623
Related to #10339 (closed)
Related to #14675 (closed)
Related to #14712 (closed)
Related to #15725
Related to #16305 (closed)
Related to #7502
Related to #9051
Related to #11579
Blocks #15635
Related to #16795
Related to #5785
Related to #11755
Blocked by #8309

_Originally created by @intrigeri on [#12213 (Redmine)](https://public-redmine-archive.tails.boum.org/code/issues/12213)_

Run the GNOME session on Wayland instead of X.Org, and adjust whatever
is needed such as:

- Our test suite uses `xdotool`, that only partly works on Wayland:
    `xdotool set_desktop N` still works, but `xdotool key Super`
    doesn’t, and `xdotool search --name` only works for apps that are
    not Wayland native.
  - We run quite a few of GUI apps under gksudo/pkexec/sudo, such as the
    Unsafe Browser. This [can be worked
    around](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F25_bugs#Running_graphical_apps_with_root_privileges_.28e.g._gparted.29_does_not_work_on_Wayland)
    for apps that run via XWayland (i.e. not Wayland-native apps) with
    hacks like `xhost +si:localuser:root`, which might be acceptable as
    a temporary transition measure, as long as there’s a clear plan to
    fix that at some point (since it defeats some of the benefits of
    switching to Wayland in the first place, such as security
    improvement, a11y / IBus / on-screen keyboard support in all
    graphical apps)
  - Consider dropping the
    89cc641f39a5414e763112f698739bb2351da7d8 hack: there are
    rumors that GDM’s session does not linger after login on Wayland.

Resources:

- Debian [bugs tagged
    wayland](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org;tag=wayland)

### Subtasks

- [x] tails/tails#14585
  - [x] tails/tails#14717
  - [ ] tails/tails#14718
  - [ ] tails/tails#14760
  - [ ] tails/tails#15142
  - [x] tails/tails#15828

### Related issues

- **Related to** tails/tails#14522
  - **Related to** tails/tails#14623
  - **Related to** tails/tails#10339
  - **Related to** tails/tails#14675
  - **Related to** tails/tails#14712
  - **Related to** tails/tails#15725
  - **Related to** tails/tails#16305
  - **Related to** tails/tails#7502
  - **Related to** tails/tails#9051
  - **Related to** tails/tails#11579
  - **Blocks** tails/tails#15635
  - **Related to** tails/tails#16795
  - **Related to** tails/tails#5785
  - **Related to** tails/tails#11755
  - [ ] **Blocked by** tails/tails#8309

Edited Jun 29, 2020 by intrigeri

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