Just FYI, Fedora package has backported several patches to make it work with Wayland. Feel free to pull those patches into Debian/Ubuntu: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/mypaint/tree/master
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to mypaint in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1687180 Title: MyPaint does not work under Wayland Status in mypaint package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 17.04 Release: 17.04 apt-cache policy mypaint mypaint: Installed: 1.2.0-4 Candidate: 1.2.0-4 When running MyPaint under a GNOME Wayland session, the application does not start. When launched from the command line, the following output is generated: INFO: mypaint: Installation layout: conventional POSIX-like structure with prefix u'/usr' INFO: lib.i18n: POSIX: LANG='en_US.UTF-8' INFO: lib.i18n: POSIX: LANGUAGE=None Gdk-Message: Unable to load bogosity from the cursor theme Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/mypaint", line 462, in <module> main.main(datapath, iconspath, old_confpath, version=version) File "/usr/share/mypaint/gui/main.py", line 95, in main from gui import application File "/usr/share/mypaint/gui/application.py", line 53, in <module> import gui.device File "/usr/share/mypaint/gui/device.py", line 25, in <module> import gui.mode File "/usr/share/mypaint/gui/mode.py", line 809, in <module> class SingleClickMode (InteractionMode): File "/usr/share/mypaint/gui/mode.py", line 813, in SingleClickMode cursor = gdk.Cursor(gdk.BOGOSITY) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Gdk.py", line 329, in __new__ return cls.new(*args, **kwds) TypeError: constructor returned NULL This bug can be worked around by setting the environment variable GDK_BACKEND to x11 when running MyPaint; the patch does this. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mypaint/+bug/1687180/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : ubuntustudio-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
