Re: [LUG] Booting Ubuntu on older laptop

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Subject: Re: [LUG] Booting Ubuntu on older laptop

From: Stephen Amor via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 20:59:43 +0000 (UTC)

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I have a similar issue with my T420 and Ubuntu (18.4) but it's intermittent on booting up and getting stuck on the splash screen with the 5 dots. However, I just push the power button which forces a shutdown and after the 2nd power up it boots up fine. I put it down to the SSD but perhaps it's not??

On Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 09:48:18 GMT, Rich <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

HI

Without seemingly any reason my Laptop (ThinkPad T420) on a reboot or fresh start doesn't start up. By that I mean it gets to the splash screen showing Ubuntu and the five dots underneath which keep stepping from 1 to 5 but never getting to the log in screen. In the past I have successfully restarted the laptop by repairing grub and broken packages and it has booted to the log in screen. Last night it happened again but this time previous fixes wouldn't work. I found a forum post that suggested disabling Wayland via:
sudo mount -o remount,rw / # to remount the disk r/w
sudo pico /etc/gdm3/custom.conf # edit this file
Then remove the # on this WaylandEnable=false

I restarted my laptop and all is fine. I post this just in case anybody else might find the problem affecting their older tech but also to see whether Wayland should be permanently stopped please? As this is a replacement for x does that mean I will need to upgrade hardware please?

Many thanks.
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