SUMMARY If I set the KWIN_COMPOSE=O2ES environment variable, and I try to login to the Plasma (X11) session, kwin fails to start, and a desktop session is started without a running window manager. The Wayland session works with this environment variable, only the X11 session fails. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Set KWIN_COMPOSE=O2ES environment variable in /etc/environment, then restart. 2. Start Plasma (X11) session. 3. See that the window manager is missing. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.1 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION kwin_x11[1493]: kwin_scene_opengl: Creating the OpenGL rendering failed: "Invalid QOpenGLContext::globalShareContext()" kwin_x11[1493]: kwin_core: Could not fulfill the requested compositing mode in KWIN_COMPOSE: 1 . Exiting.
Still happens with KWin 6.1.0.
It still happens with KWin 6.2.4 and Qt 6.8.1.
Adding the x11-only keyword