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πŸ–₯️ Screen app – Error: XWayland is not supported

βœ… Wayland support is now available and ready to use.
⚠️ However, there are currently some limitations.
πŸ“– You can read more about these here: Wayland

If you decide to use X11 instead of Wayland, you can follow the instructions below:

1. Visit our website: https://www.dwservice.net

2. Login to your account. YouΒ canΒ readΒ moreΒ aboutΒ theΒ loginΒ processΒ here:Β Login

3. Your dashboard appears:

4. Select Agents.

After selecting Agents, you will see your Agents:

5. Click on the Agent (which shows you the XWayland error message) to connect to it. You will see the applications:

6. Select the Files and Folders application.

The application opens:

7. Search for the following file: /etc/gdm3/custom.conf (or /etc/gdm/custom.conf):

8. Open the custom.conf file (double click on it).

The file opens in the Text Editor application:

9. Delete the # character from the beginning of the line WaylandEnable=false.

10. Click on the Save icon to save the file.

Close the applications window. You are back to your Agent.

11. Click on the 3 dot to open the menu.

12. Click on the Reboot OS.

After restarting the remote system, the Screen application will work.

βœ… You can watch our tutorial video on the above setting on our YouTube channel: