Objective
The default Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver installation comes with Wayland enabled. The objective is to disable Wayland and enable Xorg display server instead.
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
- Software: – GDM3
Requirements
Privileged access to is required to perform this configuration.
Conventions
- # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudo
command - $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
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Instructions
Configure GDM3
As a privileged administrator user use your text editor to perform the following changes of the GDM3 custom configuration file /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
.
FROM:
#WaylandEnable=false
TO:
WaylandEnable=false
By uncommenting the above line your system will use the Xorg display manager instead of Wayland next time it boots.
Reboot
Reboot your system to apply the changes.