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

[Jamon Camisso]

On 2018-05-16 12:16 PM, Jim Ruxton via talk wrote:
> 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?

I ran into the same issue - blank screen, with and without wayland.

If I switch to KDE everything works.

I'll dig around for bugs about it.

Cheers, Jamon