Xwayback(1)

Xwayback(1) General Commands Manual Xwayback(1)

NAME

Xwayback - experimental X11 compatibility layer

SYNOPSIS

Xwayback :display args

DESCRIPTION

Xwayback is a stub X server that uses a wayland compositor to launch Xwayland.

OPTIONS

Xwayback accepts all flags Xorg(1) accepts. However, some options are stubs.

Additionally, Xwayback supports the following:

-help
Show help page

-version, -showconfig

Show Xwayback version

ENVVARS

WAYBACK_COMPOSITOR_PATH
Path to wayback-compositor

XWAYLAND_PATH

Path to Xwayland

WAYBACK_OUTPUT

The output to use, either in the format "<Make> <model>" or the display ID (i.e. "eDP-1")

LICENSE

MIT

SEE ALSO

wayback-session(1), Xserver(1), Xorg(1), Xwayland(1)

2025-12-17