Cannot start waydroid Session - "Are you running a wayland compositor?"

[ghost]

Describe the bug
I have installed, removed, and reinstalled multiple times in an attempt to troubleshoot. I am unable to start a waydroid session with the following error:

[09:15:50] WAYLAND_DISPLAY is not set, defaulting to "wayland-0"
[09:15:50] Wayland socket '/run/user/1000/wayland-0' doesn't exist; are you running a Wayland compositor?

Screenshots

General information (please complete the following information):

• Waydroid tools Version - 1.4.1
• Waydroid Images Version [e.g. VANILLA 20211021], or system_datetime/vendor_datetime from /var/lib/waydroid/waydroid.cfg - the file listed displays "0" next to system_datetime and vendor_datetime

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Pop_OS! 22.04 LTS x86_64
• GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1080
• Kernel version: 6.2.6-76060206-generic
• Host mesa version: 1.3.211 (I think, might need help finding this if thats not correct, I utilized vulkaninfo --summary to find this)
• Desktop: GNOME 42.5

I'm not totally new to utilizing linux but I'm not an expert, either, so I apologize in advance if I'm missing something obvious.

**Logs
dmesg.log
waydroid.log
waydroid_base.txt

[mr-sihc]

instead of open issue, seach for "wayland GNOME POP OS" in internet
and use wayland gnome.

but you have nvidia and there will be problem because nvidia is bad with wayland

[n1lby73]

you can also try using nvidia open source driver instead of proprietry driver to see if wayland would function properly

[Kanhoto]

is there nothing to do about it ? I tried switching my drivers from Nvidia to xorg, but it still doesn't show UI and I have the exact same error.

[gander]

instead of open issue, seach for "wayland GNOME POP OS" in internet and use wayland gnome.

How I love useless answers like this. THIS is the right place for SUCH questions and HERE should be answered by the developers or community.

[gander]

Unfortunately, I currently have Linux Mint 21.2 and do not have support for Wayland. I have to wait for the update until 21.3, when experimental support for Wayland will appear.

[gander]

Meanwhile, I found some promising articles, maybe someone will be able to solve this problem with their help and will share the solution in this thread?

• https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-enable-disable-wayland-on-ubuntu-22-04-desktop
• https://forum.manjaro.org/t/wayland-socket-run-user-1000-wayland-0-doesnt-exist/141339
• WAYLAND_DISPLAY is not set, defaulting to "wayland-0" #771

[ZelenaHull]

I had the same issue. My current OS is Linux Mint 21.1 Vera. I looked through possible downloads of compilers and I figured out weston worked great.
I installed weston by
sudo apt install weston.
In order to launch waydroid you have to launch the compiler first. I simply used the command:
weston
then launched waydroid via the command line using:
waydroid first-launch
and it worked.
Hopefully this helps.

[gander]

@ZelenaHull Yes, it helped, but not everything wanted to work yet, so I found some helpful script here

[gander]

I'm currently stuck here. Sometimes I see the clock for a split second before it fades to gray. I can't click anything except launch the console in the top left corner.

stuck-here.webm