How to disable Wayland and enable Xorg display server on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux

Source:https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-disable-wayland-and-enable-xorg-display-server-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-linux

Contents

• • 1. Objective
  • 2. Operating System and Software Versions
  • 3. Requirements
  • 4. Difficulty
  • 5. Conventions
  • 6. Instructions
    • 6.1. Configure GDM3
    • 6.2. Reboot

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.

Difficulty

EASY

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

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.