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/usr/bin/xwayland-satellite

Rootless Xwayland integration for Wayland compositors that do not implement X11 themselves (used by niri)

From xwayland-satellite 0.8.3-r3 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running xwayland-satellite -help (exit 0). permalink

use: xwayland-satellite [:<display>] [option]
-ac                       disable access control restrictions
-audit <int>              set audit trail level
-core                     generate core dump of Xwayland on fatal error
+extension name           Enable extension
-extension name           Disable extension
-glamor [gl|es|none]      use given API for Glamor acceleration
-help                     prints message with these options
-listen                   listen on protocol
-nolisten                 don't listen on protocol
-listenfd                 add given fd as a listen socket
--test-listenfd-support   return 0 if supports -listenfd
-verbose [n]              verbose startup messages
-version                  show the xwayland-satellite version and exit
Options (12)
OptionDescriptionSource
-acdisable access control restrictionshelp
-audit intset audit trail levelhelp
-coregenerate core dump of Xwayland on fatal errorhelp
-extension nameDisable extensionhelp
-glamor gl|es|noneuse given API for Glamor accelerationhelp
-helpprints message with these optionshelp
-listenlisten on protocolhelp
-nolistendon't listen on protocolhelp
-listenfdadd given fd as a listen sockethelp
--test-listenfd-supportreturn 0 if supports -listenfdhelp
-verbose nverbose startup messageshelp
-versionshow the xwayland-satellite version and exithelp

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