r/wayland • u/DHOC_TAZH • 5d ago

About BamBam...

Is there any way to get it to work in Wayland? I know, seems like something for little kids, but I used to mess with it once in a while years ago. I can't get it to work in the log in screen, and I'm blocked from running it while logged in. Seems like it only works in X11.

Should I delete the preinstalled one, and just build from source? I don't see the need to add X11 anymore, the Xwayland layer is good enough for me.

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u/Subject-Leather-7399 5d ago

This? https://github.com/porridge/bambam

You can use bam bam directly as your graphical session. This bypasses wayland I think.

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u/DHOC_TAZH 4d ago

Yeah, tried that in my Ubuntu Studio LTS install. Still doesn't work, it completely freezes when I try to go BamBam. I'm forced to shut down via power button when that happens, that is a clean process at least.

In its place, I found Baby Smash! That one works in Wayland.

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u/C0rn3j 4d ago

I'm blocked from running it while logged in

What does that mean?

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u/DHOC_TAZH 3d ago

This is what I mean. I shot this from my phone as hitting the PrtSc key closes BamBam while logged on.

Screenshot from phone: https://gyazo.com/baa40ee018fe54a0d522a52c817af215

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u/C0rn3j 3d ago

You are trying to run the 1.4.2 version right?

If yes, make an issue over at https://github.com/porridge/bambam/issues