I don't see the gear button next to the Sign in button at the login screen. I have Nvidia drivers installed (for Nvidia 730 GT card). Ubuntu boots into Xorg as seen from the terminal with echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE which outputs x11.
How do I switch to Wayland?
Best Answer
That means Wayland is disabled by your hardware and choice of drivers for it. You need to switch to nouveau to get Wayland working.
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