# X11 apps not working on KDE Plasma Wayland

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/x11-apps-not-working-on-kde-plasma-wayland/49885>\
**Category:** Bug report\
**Created:** [January 11, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/x11-apps-not-working-on-kde-plasma-wayland/49885 "2024-01-11T01:26:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![owabs](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@owabs](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/owabs)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/x11-apps-not-working-on-kde-plasma-wayland/49885/1 "2024-01-11T01:26:07Z")

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Hello, Earlier today I installed EndeavourOS on my Raspberry Pi 5. But whenever I open an X11 application on a KDE Plasma Wayland session, it just shows colored bars and is completely glitched. Attached is a screenshot of the problem:

 ![Screenshot_20240110_201402](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/a/da8e9433ed82f0c4193e2239402cf69486de950f.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![anon75994754](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/d78d45/32.png) [@anon75994754](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon75994754)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/x11-apps-not-working-on-kde-plasma-wayland/49885/2 "2024-01-11T14:12:28Z")

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Sorry i no use KDE maybe KDE bug? I sure some KDE usr help you in time

Gnome on wayland i no have this problem

 ![Screenshot from 2024-01-11 21-00-21](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/7/b7b89868917e5731090af07e5b3279396aa2c164.jpeg)

if i get time i try KDE… see if i get same . Thank you for post, it thing i sure be looked at

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**Author:** ![Pudge](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pudge/32/17155_2.png) [@Pudge](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Pudge)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/x11-apps-not-working-on-kde-plasma-wayland/49885/3 "2024-01-11T18:42:51Z")

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> [@owabs](#):
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> whenever I open an X11 application on a KDE Plasma Wayland session, it just shows colored bars and is completely glitched.

Here is the status of Wayland on the EnOS supported platforms.

# Wayland compatibility

```auto
Device Plasma Gnome Cinnamon
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rpi 4b & 5b Borked Works Works
Radxa Rock 5B Borked Works Works
Odroid N2 / N2+ Works Works Works
PineBook Pro Works Works Works

```

Although I have not checked Sway since it lost Community support, I assume it  
still works. At least I haven’t heard anything negative about Sway.

If the user installs KDE Plasma on the RPi 4, RPi 5, or Radxa ROCK 5B, Wayland is disabled by default as it tends to be the default Choice on Plasma / Wayland.

If one wants to experiment with Wayland on these devices, the following will enable it

```auto
sudo pacman -Syu plasma-wayland-session

```

Then reboot.

I have no idea why Wayland doesn’t like Plasma on some devices and not others.  
If anyone has any theories or suggestions on this please let me know.

Pudge

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**Author:** ![owabs](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@owabs](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/owabs)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/x11-apps-not-working-on-kde-plasma-wayland/49885/4 "2024-01-11T19:33:03Z")

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Hmm, odd that it works on GNOME and Cinnamon, but not KDE. I’ll keep trying to figure it out. Hopefully the issue gets found before the KDE6 release.

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**Author:** ![Pudge](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pudge/32/17155_2.png) [@Pudge](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Pudge)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/x11-apps-not-working-on-kde-plasma-wayland/49885/5 "2024-01-11T23:44:35Z")

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> [@owabs](#):
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> Hopefully the issue gets found before the KDE6 release.

KDE 6 may very likely be the fix. At least we can hope.

Pudge