Computer freezes when logging into Ubuntu 17.10 on Wayland

[Noble Mushtak]

When I first installed Ubuntu 17.10, I logged into Wayland and it worked fine. There were some minor issues, but it was still functional. However, I started screencasting my computer with Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R, but my computer became very slow and I decided to shut it down. I closed all applications before shutting it down, but forgot to stop the screencast.

Now, when I try to log into Ubuntu 17.10 using Wayland, the screen goes gray and my cursor is stuck in the middle of the screen. I can't move my cursor at all and the desktop never actually loads. I can still transition to other ttys, though, by using the Ctrl-Alt-(F key) commands.

However, logging into Ubuntu on Xorg or Unity still works fine.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) reached end-of-life on July 19, 2018.

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