And another log. I think grepping for the gnome-shell PID that owned the failed Xwayland instance might be a helpful way to read the logs...
Aug 14 17:29:17 kab /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session[870]: gnome-session-binary[876]: DEBUG(+): GsmAutostartApp: started pid:886 Aug 14 17:29:17 kab gnome-session-binary[876]: DEBUG(+): GsmAutostartApp: started pid:886 Aug 14 17:29:17 kab gnome-shell[886]: Failed to apply DRM plane transform 0: Permission denied Aug 14 17:29:17 kab gnome-shell[886]: WL: error in client communication (pid 886) Aug 14 17:29:17 kab org.gnome.Shell.desktop[886]: (EE) Aug 14 17:29:17 kab org.gnome.Shell.desktop[886]: Fatal server error: Aug 14 17:29:17 kab org.gnome.Shell.desktop[886]: (EE) wl_drm@4: error 0: authenicate failed Aug 14 17:29:17 kab org.gnome.Shell.desktop[886]: (EE) Aug 14 17:29:18 kab gnome-shell[886]: X Wayland crashed; exiting Aug 14 17:29:18 kab /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session[870]: gnome-session-binary[876]: DEBUG(+): GsmAutostartApp: (pid:886) done (status:1) Aug 14 17:29:18 kab gnome-session-binary[876]: DEBUG(+): GsmAutostartApp: (pid:886) done (status:1) ** Attachment added: "journal4.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1786883/+attachment/5175085/+files/journal4.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1786883 Title: [regression] Login screen flickers to black a few times on boot and then finally settles on using Xorg instead of Wayland. No Wayland login option. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1786883/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs