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I'm unsure how to let devs know which version of the Wayland display server I'm running in Ubuntu GNOME 17.04. How can I get the proper version for Wayland? Is it just the package version?

Rebel
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There is no Wayland display server. Wayland is a protocol. The compositor is the closest thing you get to a display server. In Gnome, that's mutter. So in Ubuntu, you'd probably do something like apt-cache show mutter | grep Version.

Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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  • Version: 42.5-0ubuntu1 Version: 42.0-3ubuntu2``` I have two... versions? (On ubuntu 22.04.1) – jrd10 Nov 24 '22 at 08:07
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You can see what version of Gnome you are currently running, as this often used for reference when talking about gnome-shell extensions and other Wayland related software issues, by opening the Activities panel and searching for about which will load the about tab of your settings panel, Gnome version will be listed About tab in Settings panel

Alternatively, a quick way to get the servion from a terminal is by listing the currently installed gnome-desktop package

> apt-get list gnome-desktop3-data #on debian
gnome-desktop3-data/byzantium,now 3.38.5-3pureos1 all [installed,automatic]

in this case I have the v3.38.5. On other distros the desktop package has a different name,

 > apt-get list ubuntu-gnome-desktop #on ubuntu

on other distros you'll need to search which package include the core Gnome desktop files.

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    On Ubuntu 22.04.1, on this works 
    > Listing... Done
> ubuntu-gnome-desktop/jammy 0.92 amd64```
    – jrd10 Nov 24 '22 at 08:02