weston fails to start with scale=2
$ pacman -Q weston mesa
weston 9.0.0-1
mesa 21.2.1-1I use weston for testing and comparisons, however it fails to start when I supply the --scale=2 argument. Weston exits with exit code 1 and with no visible effect, other than the output to stderr.
Here's the full output when I attempt to start weston:
full output
$ weston --scale=2
Date: 2021-09-02 MST
[02:21:14.870] weston 9.0.0
https://wayland.freedesktop.org
Bug reports to: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/issues/
Build: 9.0.0
[02:21:14.870] Command line: weston --scale=2
[02:21:14.870] OS: Linux, 5.13.13-arch1-1, #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:14:36 +0000, x86_64
[02:21:14.870] Using config file '/home/ronan/.config/weston.ini'
[02:21:14.870] Output repaint window is 7 ms maximum.
[02:21:14.870] Loading module '/usr/lib/libweston-9/drm-backend.so'
[02:21:14.871] initializing drm backend
[02:21:14.873] logind: session control granted
[02:21:14.874] using /dev/dri/card0
[02:21:14.874] DRM: supports atomic modesetting
[02:21:14.874] DRM: supports GBM modifiers
[02:21:14.874] DRM: supports picture aspect ratio
[02:21:14.874] Loading module '/usr/lib/libweston-9/gl-renderer.so'
[02:21:14.892] EGL client extensions: EGL_EXT_platform_base EGL_EXT_device_base
EGL_EXT_device_enumeration EGL_EXT_device_query
EGL_KHR_client_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_EXT_client_extensions
EGL_KHR_debug EGL_KHR_platform_x11 EGL_EXT_platform_x11
EGL_EXT_platform_device EGL_KHR_platform_wayland
EGL_EXT_platform_wayland EGL_MESA_platform_xcb
EGL_MESA_platform_gbm EGL_KHR_platform_gbm
EGL_MESA_platform_surfaceless
[02:21:14.892] EGL version: 1.5
[02:21:14.892] EGL vendor: Mesa Project
[02:21:14.892] EGL client APIs: OpenGL OpenGL_ES
[02:21:14.892] EGL extensions: EGL_ANDROID_blob_cache
EGL_ANDROID_native_fence_sync EGL_EXT_buffer_age
EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_EXT_image_dma_buf_import
EGL_EXT_image_dma_buf_import_modifiers EGL_IMG_context_priority
EGL_KHR_cl_event2 EGL_KHR_config_attribs EGL_KHR_create_context
EGL_KHR_create_context_no_error EGL_KHR_fence_sync
EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_gl_colorspace
EGL_KHR_gl_renderbuffer_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_2D_image
EGL_KHR_gl_texture_3D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_cubemap_image
EGL_KHR_image EGL_KHR_image_base EGL_KHR_image_pixmap
EGL_KHR_no_config_context EGL_KHR_reusable_sync
EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context EGL_EXT_pixel_format_float
EGL_KHR_wait_sync EGL_MESA_configless_context
EGL_MESA_drm_image EGL_MESA_image_dma_buf_export
EGL_MESA_query_driver EGL_WL_bind_wayland_display
[02:21:14.892] EGL_KHR_surfaceless_context available
[02:21:14.895] GL version: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 21.2.1
[02:21:14.895] GLSL version: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
[02:21:14.895] GL vendor: Intel
[02:21:14.895] GL renderer: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2)
[02:21:14.895] GL extensions: GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1
GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888
GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_depth24
GL_OES_element_index_uint GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap
GL_OES_mapbuffer GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_OES_standard_derivatives
GL_OES_stencil8 GL_OES_texture_3D GL_OES_texture_float
GL_OES_texture_float_linear GL_OES_texture_half_float
GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear GL_OES_texture_npot
GL_OES_vertex_half_float GL_EXT_draw_instanced
GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode GL_OES_EGL_image
GL_OES_depth_texture GL_AMD_performance_monitor
GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_texture_type_2_10_10_10_REV
GL_NV_conditional_render GL_OES_get_program_binary
GL_APPLE_texture_max_level GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer
GL_EXT_read_format_bgra GL_EXT_frag_depth
GL_NV_fbo_color_attachments GL_OES_EGL_image_external
GL_OES_EGL_sync GL_OES_vertex_array_object
GL_OES_viewport_array GL_ANGLE_pack_reverse_row_order
GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3
GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5
GL_EXT_occlusion_query_boolean GL_EXT_robustness
GL_EXT_texture_rg GL_EXT_unpack_subimage GL_NV_draw_buffers
GL_NV_read_buffer GL_NV_read_depth GL_NV_read_depth_stencil
GL_NV_read_stencil GL_EXT_draw_buffers GL_EXT_map_buffer_range
GL_KHR_debug GL_KHR_robustness
GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_ldr GL_NV_pixel_buffer_object
GL_OES_depth_texture_cube_map GL_OES_required_internalformat
GL_OES_surfaceless_context GL_EXT_color_buffer_float
GL_EXT_sRGB_write_control GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects
GL_EXT_shader_framebuffer_fetch GL_EXT_shader_group_vote
GL_EXT_shader_implicit_conversions GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix
GL_EXT_tessellation_point_size GL_EXT_tessellation_shader
GL_INTEL_conservative_rasterization GL_INTEL_performance_query
GL_ANDROID_extension_pack_es31a GL_EXT_base_instance
GL_EXT_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_sub_texture GL_EXT_copy_image
GL_EXT_draw_buffers_indexed GL_EXT_draw_elements_base_vertex
GL_EXT_gpu_shader5 GL_EXT_polygon_offset_clamp
GL_EXT_primitive_bounding_box GL_EXT_render_snorm
GL_EXT_shader_io_blocks GL_EXT_texture_border_clamp
GL_EXT_texture_buffer GL_EXT_texture_cube_map_array
GL_EXT_texture_norm16 GL_EXT_texture_view
GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced
GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent
GL_KHR_context_flush_control
GL_KHR_robust_buffer_access_behavior GL_NV_image_formats
GL_OES_copy_image GL_OES_draw_buffers_indexed
GL_OES_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_OES_gpu_shader5
GL_OES_primitive_bounding_box GL_OES_sample_shading
GL_OES_sample_variables GL_OES_shader_io_blocks
GL_OES_shader_multisample_interpolation
GL_OES_tessellation_point_size GL_OES_tessellation_shader
GL_OES_texture_border_clamp GL_OES_texture_buffer
GL_OES_texture_cube_map_array GL_OES_texture_stencil8
GL_OES_texture_storage_multisample_2d_array GL_OES_texture_view
GL_EXT_blend_func_extended GL_EXT_buffer_storage
GL_EXT_float_blend GL_EXT_geometry_point_size
GL_EXT_geometry_shader GL_EXT_shader_samples_identical
GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_R8 GL_KHR_no_error
GL_KHR_texture_compression_astc_sliced_3d
GL_NV_fragment_shader_interlock GL_OES_EGL_image_external_essl3
GL_OES_geometry_point_size GL_OES_geometry_shader
GL_OES_shader_image_atomic GL_EXT_clip_cull_distance
GL_EXT_disjoint_timer_query
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc_srgb
GL_MESA_shader_integer_functions GL_EXT_clip_control
GL_EXT_color_buffer_half_float GL_EXT_memory_object
GL_EXT_memory_object_fd GL_EXT_semaphore GL_EXT_semaphore_fd
GL_EXT_texture_compression_bptc GL_KHR_parallel_shader_compile
GL_EXT_EGL_image_storage
GL_EXT_shader_framebuffer_fetch_non_coherent
GL_EXT_texture_shadow_lod GL_INTEL_blackhole_render
GL_MESA_framebuffer_flip_y GL_NV_compute_shader_derivatives
GL_EXT_demote_to_helper_invocation GL_EXT_depth_clamp
GL_EXT_texture_query_lod GL_MESA_bgra
[02:21:14.895] GL ES 2 renderer features:
read-back format: BGRA
wl_shm sub-image to texture: yes
EGL Wayland extension: yes
[02:21:14.900] event3 - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:14.900] event3 - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[02:21:14.901] event8 - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:14.901] event8 - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[02:21:14.902] event9 - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:14.902] event9 - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[02:21:14.903] event1 - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:14.903] event1 - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[02:21:14.904] event0 - Lid Switch: is tagged by udev as: Switch
[02:21:14.904] event0 - Lid Switch: device is a switch device
[02:21:14.904] event0 - Lid Switch: device is a switch device
[02:21:14.905] event2 - Sleep Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:14.905] event2 - Sleep Button: device is a keyboard
[02:21:14.964] event5 - SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[02:21:14.964] event5 - SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse: device is a pointer
[02:21:14.966] event6 - SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:14.966] event6 - SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse: device is a keyboard
[02:21:14.969] event7 - SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:14.969] event7 - SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse: device is a keyboard
[02:21:14.971] event22 - Integrated_Webcam_HD: Integrate: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:14.971] event22 - Integrated_Webcam_HD: Integrate: device is a keyboard
[02:21:14.974] event14 - DLL07BE:01 06CB:7A13 Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse Pointingstick
[02:21:14.974] event14 - DLL07BE:01 06CB:7A13 Mouse: device is a pointer
[02:21:14.978] event15 - DLL07BE:01 06CB:7A13 Touchpad: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[02:21:14.980] event15 - DLL07BE:01 06CB:7A13 Touchpad: device is a touchpad
[02:21:14.982] event16 - HDA Intel PCH Headphone Mic: is tagged by udev as: Switch
[02:21:14.982] event16 - not using input device '/dev/input/event16'
[02:21:14.984] event17 - HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3: is tagged by udev as: Switch
[02:21:14.984] event17 - not using input device '/dev/input/event17'
[02:21:14.986] event18 - HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7: is tagged by udev as: Switch
[02:21:14.987] event18 - not using input device '/dev/input/event18'
[02:21:14.988] event19 - HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8: is tagged by udev as: Switch
[02:21:14.989] event19 - not using input device '/dev/input/event19'
[02:21:14.990] event20 - HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=9: is tagged by udev as: Switch
[02:21:14.991] event20 - not using input device '/dev/input/event20'
[02:21:14.993] event21 - HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=10: is tagged by udev as: Switch
[02:21:14.993] event21 - not using input device '/dev/input/event21'
[02:21:14.995] event10 - Intel HID events: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:14.995] event10 - Intel HID events: device is a keyboard
[02:21:14.997] event11 - Intel HID 5 button array: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:14.997] event11 - Intel HID 5 button array: device is a keyboard
[02:21:15.000] event13 - Dell WMI hotkeys: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:15.000] event13 - Dell WMI hotkeys: device is a keyboard
[02:21:15.003] event4 - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:15.004] event4 - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device is a keyboard
[02:21:15.008] event23 - PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[02:21:15.008] event23 - PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: device is a pointer
[02:21:15.011] event12 - PC Speaker: not tagged as supported input device
[02:21:15.011] event12 - not using input device '/dev/input/event12'
[02:21:15.012] event24 - Bose QuietComfort 35 (AVRCP): is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[02:21:15.012] event24 - Bose QuietComfort 35 (AVRCP): device is a keyboard
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "Power Button".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "Video Bus".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "Video Bus".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "Power Button".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "Lid Switch".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "Sleep Button".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "Integrated_Webcam_HD: Integrate".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "DLL07BE:01 06CB:7A13 Mouse".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "DLL07BE:01 06CB:7A13 Touchpad".
[02:21:15.018] enable-tap=true.
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "Intel HID events".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "Intel HID 5 button array".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "Dell WMI hotkeys".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad".
[02:21:15.018] libinput: configuring device "Bose QuietComfort 35 (AVRCP)".
[02:21:15.019] DRM: head 'eDP-1' found, connector 95 is connected, EDID make 'SHP', model 'unknown', serial 'unknown'
[02:21:15.019] DRM: head 'DP-1' found, connector 103 is disconnected.
[02:21:15.023] DRM: head 'HDMI-A-1' found, connector 113 is disconnected.
[02:21:15.023] DRM: head 'DP-2' found, connector 119 is disconnected.
[02:21:15.027] DRM: head 'HDMI-A-2' found, connector 125 is disconnected.
[02:21:15.027] Registered plugin API 'weston_drm_output_api_v1' of size 24
[02:21:15.027] Registered plugin API 'weston_drm_virtual_output_api_v1' of size 48
[02:21:15.027] Chosen EGL config details: id: 61 rgba: 8 8 8 0 buf: 24 dep: 0 stcl: 0 int: 1-1 type: win vis_id: XRGB8888 (0x34325258)
[02:21:15.027] Output eDP-1 (crtc 51) video modes:
1920x1080@59.9, preferred, current, 138.5 MHz
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event3 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event8 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event9 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event1 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event0 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event2 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event5 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event6 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event7 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event22 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event14 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event15 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event10 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event11 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event13 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event4 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event23 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] associating input device event24 with output eDP-1 (none by udev)
[02:21:15.027] Output 'eDP-1' enabled with head(s) eDP-1
[02:21:15.027] Compositor capabilities:
arbitrary surface rotation: yes
screen capture uses y-flip: yes
presentation clock: CLOCK_MONOTONIC, id 1
presentation clock resolution: 0.000000001 s
[02:21:15.027] Loading module '/usr/lib/weston/desktop-shell.so'
[02:21:15.028] launching '/usr/lib/weston/weston-keyboard'
[02:21:15.028] fatal: unhandled option: --scale=2
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event3 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event8 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event9 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event1 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event0 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event2 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event5 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event6 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event7 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event22 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event14 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event15 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event10 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event11 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event13 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event4 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event23 removed
[02:21:15.029] output for input device event24 removed
[02:21:15.029] event3 - Power Button: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event8 - Video Bus: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event9 - Video Bus: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event1 - Power Button: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event0 - Lid Switch: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event2 - Sleep Button: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event5 - SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event6 - SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event7 - SteelSeries Rival Gaming Mouse: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event22 - Integrated_Webcam_HD: Integrate: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event14 - DLL07BE:01 06CB:7A13 Mouse: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event15 - DLL07BE:01 06CB:7A13 Touchpad: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event10 - Intel HID events: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event11 - Intel HID 5 button array: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event13 - Dell WMI hotkeys: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event4 - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event23 - PS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: device removed
[02:21:15.029] event24 - Bose QuietComfort 35 (AVRCP): device removed
Failed to process Wayland connection: Broken pipe
failed to create display: Broken pipebut there are no clear errors.
Weston works as expected without the --scale=2 flag. Here is my weston.ini:
weston.ini
[core]
xwayland=false
[libinput]
enable-tap=true
[shell]
background-type=scale-crop
background-color=0xffffffff
panel-color=0x00ffffff
panel-position=bottom
close-animation=none
focus-animation=dim-layer
num-workspaces=6
locking=false
cursor-theme=Adwaita
cursor-size=24
[keyboard]
keymap_rules=evdev
repeat-rate=25
repeat-delay=200
[terminal]
font=monospace
font-size=18
[launcher]
icon=/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/32x32/apps/utilities-terminal-symbolic.symbolic.png
path=/usr/bin/termite
[launcher]
icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/firefox.png
path=/usr/bin/firefox