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How to Enable X11 and Disable Wayland Window System

By Gagan Mishra

There are multiple ways to switch from the Wayland window system to the X11 window system. Let’s look at two of them.

  1. Easily switch from Wayland to the X11 Window system from the lockscreen.
  2. Modify /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf or /etc/gdm3/custom.conf to permanently disable Wayland.
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