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Using the hidden wayland (wlroots) support in RealVNC 7.17.0.
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realvnc-wayland.md

RealVNC Server 7.17.0 has hidden Wayland support.

You need to bind-mount or replace vncagent-x11 with vncagent-wlr and run it in user mode (e.g., /usr/bin/bwrap --bind / / --bind /usr/bin/vncagent-wlr /usr/bin/vncagent-x11 /usr/bin/vncserver-x11). It will use Xwayland (via DISPLAY) for the UI, but vncagent will use the WAYLAND_DISPLAY.

It uses the following protocols: zwlr_screencopy_frame_v1 zwlr_screencopy_manager_v1 zwlr_virtual_pointer_manager_v1l zwlr_virtual_pointer_v1 zwlr_data_control_offer_v1 zwlr_data_control_source_v1 zwlr_data_control_device_v1 zwlr_data_control_manager_v1 zwp_virtual_keyboard_manager_v1 zwp_virtual_keyboard_v1.

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realvnc-wayland.service
[Unit]
PartOf=graphical-session.target
After=graphical-session.target
Requisite=graphical-session.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/bwrap --bind / / --bind /usr/bin/vncagent-wlr /usr/bin/vncagent-x11 /usr/bin/vncserver-x11
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=niri.service
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