did anyone try to test mutter 3.30 to see if the issue is fixed or not I don't want to be shocked that the issue isn't fixed when 18.10 is released then I'll have to wait for another 6 months for the fix
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1727356 Title: Login screen never appears on early generation Intel GPUs (Core2 and Atom etc) Status in GNOME Shell: Confirmed Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in mutter source package in Bionic: Triaged Status in mutter source package in Cosmic: Fix Released Bug description: Wayland sessions (including the login screen itself) don't start up on older Intel GPUs. --- Workaround: Ctrl+Alt+F4, log in, edit /etc/gdm3/custom.conf and uncomment the line: #WaylandEnable=false --- Proposed fix: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/merge_requests/160 --- $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 17.10 Release: 17.10 Upgraded from 17.04 today. Steps to reproduce: - Start the PC or log out/end session in case it's running with an Xorg desktop already. - Attempt to log in, using 'Ubuntu' Expected to happen: Desktop appears. Actually happening: 5 seconds of black screen, then the login screen appears again. Partial diagnosis: - Logging in using 'Ubuntu on Xorg' works fine and as expected. - Extracted a syslog of such a failed attempt, see attached file. --- ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DisplayManager: gdm3DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-04 (539 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) Package: gnome-shell 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Tags: artful package-from-proposed third-party-packages Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-25 (0 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo www-data _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1727356/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
