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install virt-manager
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create a vm pop-os
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start the vm
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sudo apt install cosmic-session -
sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf -
… set …
WaylandEnable=true -
reboot
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at the log in screen, there is a small gear wheel on the bottom right side, choose “Pop on Wayland" (edit: if you want COSMIC DE to work too, see update below) (edit2: if you can’t see the gear wheel, see update2 below)
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update:
there are some settings on the virt-manager to make COSMIC DE works.
if you don’t need to run COSMIC DE, can ignore the following
- Display Spice : Type = Spice server, Listen type = none, uncheck password / opengl
- Video : use QXL (instead of default Virtio)
new step 8. at the log in screen, there is a small gear wheel on the bottom right side, choose “COSMIC"
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update2:
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sudo nano /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gdm.rules -
Goto the line that reads
LABEL="gdm_prefer_xorg" -
… commend out the next line …
#RUN+="/usr/libexec/gdm-runtime-config set daemon PreferredDisplayServer xorg" -
Goto the the line that reads
LABEL="gdm_disable_wayland" -
… commend out the next line …
#RUN+="/usr/libexec/gdm-runtime-config set daemon WaylandEnable false" -
sudo systemctl restart gdm.service
It’s totally usable for me. A little CLI and some scripts do what isn’t finished yet in GUIs. If you want the absolute latest COSMIC packages use apt-manage to add the popdev-master repo. It’s only a VM so you shouldn’t be worried about breakage.
