Comment 29 for bug 1795637

Hi Will!

Just wanted to follow up with some good news and maybe something you
folks can use to help fix this one should it ever come around on the
guitar? :)
I found I was able to get Gnome to start up correctly on boot if I just
add this line to the [daemon] section of /etc/gdm3/custom.conf:
WaylandEnable=false

I added that as a comment to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1796614
If I have more time I'd love to dig into the C code and figure out what
about Wayland detection is failing - the Alienware 17 R5 has the Nvidia
GTX 1080 as well as the Intel graphics chipset for longer batter life
when not gaming / doing high end 3D. I wonder if the Wayland detection
is getting fouled up on that?
Anyway, I am loving 18.10 now that I have the issues ironed out. Once
again thank you for all the work you do on both the software and the
community!
-Chris

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018, at 3:35 PM, Will Cooke wrote:
> Hi Christopher. Yes, we think this bug is fixed, but the "only
> getting> a flashing cursor" problem is a different bug. We're still working on> it right now. Most of the work is happening on the upstream bug
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/issues/428#note_338918 and it's
> associated cnages
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm/merge_requests/37>
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> duplicate bug report (1796614).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795637
>
> Title:
> No login screen when booting Cosmic due to plymouth racing with the> rest of the boot process and not releasing DRM devices in time
>
> Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in gdm3 source package in Cosmic:
> Invalid
> Status in plymouth source package in Cosmic:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Booting a fresh install of Cosmic from the ISO generated 1 Oct 2018> doesnt present a log in screen. Switching to tty2 and then
> back to 1> makes the log in screen appear.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
> Package: gdm3 3.30.1-1ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-8.9-generic 4.18.7
> Uname: Linux 4.18.0-8-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Tue Oct 2 13:23:42 2018
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-02 (0 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Beta amd64
> (20181001)> SourcePackage: gdm3
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> mtime.conffile..etc.gdm3.custom.conf: 2018-10-02T13:15:45.550495
>
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