On 10/10/2018 01:19 AM, Dale Powell wrote:
>
>
> > nor Ubuntu Studio, the two releases based on XFCE,
> > come with Wayland. Not sure why you would be using it on an XFCE system
> > at all.... The way things currently stand not sure I'd use it on
> > anything but a KDE/Plasma install.
>
> I downloaded the 18.04.1 LTS, installed it over my existing 16.04 LTS
> installation. It never prompted me about choosing between Wayland or X.
>
> When I added XFCE4 to it after 18.04.1 was successfully installed, XFCE
> either wouldn't start or it would freeze up. It still doesn't get along
> with the Gnome3 privacy screen, either.
>
> I found this post:
>
> https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-disable-wayland-and-enable-xorg-display-server-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-linux
>
> Where it states that the default Ubuntu 18.04 BB installation comes
> with
> Wayland enabled, and you need to disable Wayland to use X instead.
>
> I would have been more inclined to believe the official Ubuntu Blog post
> but if that wasn't your experience how can I argue. I've only installed
> the Studio and the Xubuntu versions of 18.04 which I'm pretty sure were
> Xorg...
>
>
> And the official Ubuntu Wiki also says Xorg is the default, you have to
> select/enable Wayland.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes#Ubuntu_Desktop
> BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes - Ubuntu Wiki
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes#Ubuntu_Desktop>
> Introduction. These release notes for Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
> provide an overview of the release and document the known issues with
> Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and its flavors. For details of the changes applied
> since 18.04, please see the 18.04.1 change summary.The release notes for
> 18.04 are available as well.. Support lifespan. The 'main' archive of
> Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will be supported for 5 ...
> wiki.ubuntu.com
Followup. Xubuntu 18.04.1 LTS successfully installed on my laptop,
without any Wayland/Xorg switchery although Ubuntu's Software Updater
doesn't seem to exist on Xubuntu. Added the KXStudio repositories and
now have a successful Ubuntu 18 music setup. :)
-- David W. Jones gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-userReceived on Sun Oct 14 12:15:01 2018
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