There should be no reason to install vulkan-wsi-layer on Linux at this
time AFAIK, mesa drivers provide their own WSI.

Dave.

On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 8:05 AM pgnd <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> the VBox issue was a red-herring; KWin 6.6.5 related, but not Vulkan involved.
>
> testing your build, far so good.
>
> after install,
>
> $ sudo rpm -e vulkan-wsi-layer
> $ sudo rpm -ivh 
> https://packages.redhat.com/api/pulp-content/public-copr/@xr-sig/vulkan-wsi-layer/fedora-44-x86_64/Packages/v/vulkan-wsi-layer-0%5E20260514gita6e9640-1.fc44.x86_64.rpm
> $ sudo rpm -q vulkan-wsi-layer
>         vulkan-wsi-layer-0^20260514gita6e9640-1.fc44.x86_64
>
> @ distro-pkg'ing looks path-consistent
>
> $ rpm -ql vulkan-wsi-layer
>         /usr/lib/.build-id
>         /usr/lib/.build-id/e5
>         /usr/lib/.build-id/e5/935321a7656f7dc6e3dc6d7aa70ec4e8bb1925
>         /usr/lib64/vulkan-wsi-layer
>         /usr/lib64/vulkan-wsi-layer/layer
> !!      
> /usr/lib64/vulkan-wsi-layer/layer/libVkLayer_window_system_integration.so
>         /usr/share/doc/vulkan-wsi-layer
>         /usr/share/doc/vulkan-wsi-layer/README.md
>         /usr/share/licenses/vulkan-wsi-layer
>         /usr/share/licenses/vulkan-wsi-layer/LICENSE
> !!      
> /usr/share/vulkan/implicit_layer.d/VkLayer_window_system_integration.json
>
> $ grep library_path 
> /usr/share/vulkan/implicit_layer.d/VkLayer_window_system_integration.json
>          "library_path": 
> "/usr/lib64/vulkan-wsi-layer/layer/libVkLayer_window_system_integration.so",
>
> but is that consistent with @ Fedora vulkan pkg'ing?
> note:
>
> $ locate libVkLayer | grep so$
>         /usr/lib64/libVkLayer_MESA_device_select.so
>         /usr/lib64/libVkLayer_khronos_validation.so
> $ rpm -q --whatprovides `locate libVkLayer | grep so$`
>         mesa-vulkan-drivers-26.0.6-2.fc44.x86_64
>         vulkan-validation-layers-1.4.341.0-2.fc44.x86_64
>
> , flat in /usr/lib64/ path, not nested in /usr/lib64/vulkan-wsi-layer/layer/
>
> initial testing here looks good. benchmarks are similar to my build ...
>
>
>
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