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= archlinux =
edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf and add the following:
 WaylandEnable=true
edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and add the following modules:
 MODULES=(...nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm...)
or if you want the open source driver add nouveau:
 MODULES=(... nouveau ...)
update initramfs image:
 sudo mkinitcpio -P
edit /etc/default/grub and add the following:
 GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="loglevel=3 quiet nvidia_drm.modeset=1"
update grub.cfg:
 grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
disable gdm udev rules which force use of x11:
 ln -s /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/61-gdm.rules
reboot system:
 reboot
when system boot enter gnome desktop and confirm you're running with wayland:
 echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
if you have issues with obs-studio install the following package:
 sudo pacman -S qt6-wayland --noconfirm

= references =
* https://www.osside.net/2023/07/02/how-to-enable-wayland-on-arch-linux-nvidia-rtx-gpu/