How to disable Wayland and enable Xorg display server on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux - LinuxConfig.org

#1

The default Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver installation comes with Wayland enabled. The objective is to disable Wayland and enable Xorg display server instead.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-disable-wayland-and-enable-xorg-display-server-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-linux

NOTE: SOME OF THE POSTS BELOW ARE TRANSFERRED FROM LINUXCONFIG DISQUS COMMENTS.
#2

Rompestronk

Does not work. After trying to launch Teamviewer GUI it just aborts and nothing ever happens. Maybe I have another problem, cause Teamviewer from Nix sources also does not work.

#3

Saeid Saati

Hi, thanks I’m using 18.04 with nvidia 390 installed, when I did this still my obs studio is black screen, what I have to do ?

#4

Jon Cormier

This caused me the following problem: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1770238 Screen would go blank after logging in and eventually would get returned to login. Re-enabling wayland fixed it.

#5

Petr Skovron

Thanks. Seems my system with D525MW motherboard needs this to unfreeze the login screen.