[Solved] GDM always starts wayland session

lpr1 · 2021-11-10 21:29:56

Since 41.1 upgrade, GDM always starts wayland session even thought x11 is selected in GDM menu. Precisely, if x11 is "auto selected" as "last session", once I re-select it, it logins to X11 session as it should, next reboot = problem is back.

To clarify:
1. I always login via GDM by simply pressing enter, typing my password and pressing enter again. Using this method it will always result in wayland session even if x11 is selected.
2. If I press enter, type my password, then select x11 from the GDM (regardless if it's already selected or not), it will log in to x11 session as expected.

The only way to prevent this is by uncommenting "#WaylandEnable=false", I didn't find any other way.

Does anyone have this issue as well?

Last edited by lpr1 (2021-11-14 05:57:44)

javaman67 · 2021-11-11 00:54:30

I'm having the same issue here too.

The only way to keep it in X11 was to edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf and uncommenting "#WaylandEnable=false",

Last edited by javaman67 (2021-11-11 10:01:32)

lpr1 · 2021-11-11 05:29:58

javaman67 wrote:

I'm having the same issue here too.

Ok, so it's not just me, and it seems to be a bug, thanks. Will see if it's reported by now.

ossaffilate · 2021-11-11 12:50:34

I cam here to say the same, always rebooting on wayland but when i logout/login it comes back to Xorg

aloisP · 2021-11-11 18:14:59

javaman67 wrote:

I'm having the same issue here too.
The only way to keep it in X11 was to edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf and uncommenting "#WaylandEnable=false",

Thank you so much, this was the solution for me as well!

kabouzeid · 2021-11-11 21:26:42

Worked for me too, thank you so much!

Starwalker · 2021-11-11 21:46:04

You don't need to disable Wayland. Just do the following - on the GDM login screen click on the session icon (lower right corner) and select 'GNOME', then select 'GNOME on Xorg'. Now login. You should be logged in X11.
The issue is that every time you log in you need to select something else and then re-select GNOME on Xorg. It's inconvenient, but at least you still have a choice to go to Wayland if you need it.

flyingpig · 2021-11-13 20:04:48

This should be resolved in the next Arch Linux release of gdm. A fix upstream was already merged into the main branch, but it wasn't included with the 41.0 release.

Last edited by flyingpig (2021-11-13 20:14:51)

lpr1 · 2021-11-13 22:33:29

flyingpig wrote:

This should be resolved in the next Arch Linux release of gdm. A fix upstream was already merged into the main branch, but it wasn't included with the 41.0 release.

Good thanks. will mark as solved once fix lands.

flyingpig · 2021-11-13 23:29:02

flyingpig wrote:

This should be resolved in the next Arch Linux release of gdm. …

Resolved with gdm 41.0+r15+g23ebe617-1.

lpr1 · 2021-11-14 05:57:07

Yup, it's fixed now with gdm 41.0+r15+g23ebe617-1, marked as solved.

kabouzeid · 2021-11-14 11:07:43

can confirm

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