Received the following response from A Raghuram (araghuramindia) to the
question (#672572) that I posed:

"See if the following steps help you:

1) Choose recovery mode from the GRUB menu
2) Choose resume normal boot from the recovery menu
3) If you are able to get the login screen,
    after logging in, uncomment the line "WaylandEnable=False" statement in the 
"/etc/gdm3/custom.conf" file and save it
4) Then restart for a normal reboot.

I had the same problem with a non-Dell desktop computer and the above
steps solved it."

This work-around also allows the computer to boot normally.

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788440

Title:
  A Dell Optiplex will not reboot after a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04.

Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Installed Ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell Optiplex but after the withdrawal of
  the flash drive and pressing enter to reboot the computer, the
  computer screen froze just before the login appeared.  The
  installation was repeated with five different flash drives with both
  Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 18.04.1.  The same result occurred each time.
  After some research, it was discovered that the LightDM has been
  replaced as the default login display manager by GDM3 which apparently
  is a lot heavier.  Although the Dell Optiplex is over ten years old it
  still meets the minimum requirements for the installation of Ubuntu.
  It will install and reboot after installation of all of the Ubuntu
  "flavors" [Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Xubuntu, and Lubuntu]
  as well as Ubuntu 16.04.4.    If a computer meets the minimum install
  requirements it should be able to install Ubuntu.  As a work around
  the LightDM was installed and made the default login display manager.
  That works as expected.  Is the new default login display manager to
  heavy for some computers to load?

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1788440/+subscriptions

-- 
Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages
Post to     : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net
Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages
More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

Reply via email to