WAYLAND DISABLE IN UBUNTU

Created by Lakshmi Bhavani, Modified on Sat, 8 Feb at 12:05 PM by Gayathri Daka

If user getting any stuck issue inubuntu 22 version please follow the below steps to solve it

STEP 1:

 Run the below command

sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf


STEP 2:

After running above command, and you will get an popup as shown below. replace WaylandEnable=true with WaylandEnable=false and uncomment this command and save it





REPLACE false In place of true in above figure, click on Ctrl + X and enter. make sure that command is uncommented (remove # at the start of command)



Step 3:

After completed, please run the below command restart the system

sudo systemctl restart gdm3

Step 4:

After disabling Wayland, run the below two commands in order to restore the settings


sudo apt purge gnome-control-center
sudo apt install gnome-control-center


Once the system is restarted, could you please check whether Wayland is enabled or disabled? Go to System Settings > About. In the Windowing System section, if it shows X11, then Wayland has been successfully disabled. 

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