lspci on my laptop lists: Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) I get the same errors when trying to start weston: ... [] failed to create gbm surface [] Failed to init output gl state [] Enabling output "LVDS-1" failed. [] Error: cannot enable output 'LVDS-1' without heads. From https://www.mail-archive.com/wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org/msg38763.html I was able to work around the problem using: $ weston --use-pixmap