Off-topic but possibly necessary context: Ubuntu (major) releases are time based. The time of the release is indicated in the release version. As such, Ubuntu 18.10 will be released in year (20)18, month 10. More precise release dates are provided at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
Point releases of LTS versions do not necessarily coincide with other releases. Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS was released on February 16, 2017 (so between Ubuntu 16.10 (Oct '16) and Ubuntu 17.04 (Apr '17)), which suggests that Ubuntu 18.04.2 may release in February 2019. -- 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