A07 ❯ Change from Wayland to Xorg Installation Guide

ℹ️ This article is part of AlmaLinux System Series.

In some case Wayland may interfere with software installed and require Xorg instead. This is the way to rollback to Xorg.

Open the terminal on the host machine.

Gain administrative privileges by using the sudo command:

sudo su

Navigate to the /etc/gdm/ directory:

cd /etc/gdm/

Open the custom.conf file in a text editor of your choice. For example, you can use the nano editor:

Ensure that these lines are within the block that starts with # {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK.
sudo nano custom.conf

Find or add the following lines to the file:

WaylandEnable=false
DefaultSession=gnome-xorg.desktop

Save the changes and exit the text editor. If you are using nano, you can press Ctrl + X, then press Y to confirm changes, and finally press Enter to exit.

Restart the system or the display manager for the changes to take effect.