[GTALUG] Can't boot using Xorg, only Wayland works on Ubuntu 18.04

[Jim Ruxton]

Thanks Stewart.

> On 2018-05-14 12:09 AM, Jim Ruxton via talk wrote:
>> I recently updated to Ubuntu 18.04 and cannot boot using Xorg only
>> Wayland. I have tried reinstalling xorg, reinstalling nvidia drivers,
>> setting |WaylandEnable=false| in |/etc/gdm/custom.conf| but whenever
>> trying to login using Xorg I get a frozen screen and mouse.
> On my 18.04 system, gdm is running under Xwayland no matter what session
> I choose. So I'd suggest commenting out the WaylandEnable=false unless
> the gdm login isn't visible on your system.
If I don't comment out WaylandEnabled = false I can't even get to the 
login screen so yes I have to comment this out.
>
> Also, the first time I explicitly chose "GNOME on Xorg" at the password
> "cog", I got a blank screen with just a mouse cursor. On reboot, GNOME
> is happily running on Xorg ($DESKTOP_SESSION is "gnome-xorg") — but
> Xwayland's still running too.
>
> Xorg is supposed to be the default for new installations under 18.04,
> and I was definitely running it under 17.10. I was surprised to find
> that after the upgrade I'd been pushed over to Xwayland.
I am  in the same boat, was using Xorg  on 17.10 but cannot get it to 
work in 18.04. Maybe the only way to get it back is a clean install?

Jim