18.04 Teamviewer problems

[Robbyx]

I can not get TV 13 to load its GUI. I think it may be to do with running Wayland. Of course if you know a better approach please let me know how.

I no longer see a settings wheel when logging into Ubuntu. Just name and password. I had intended to choose xorg but I can not find how to choose it. Any ideas please?

[TheFu]

Before login, click on the gear. Choose xorg.
xorg is the default for 18.04, so you had to go out of your way to get Wayland running.

[Robbyx]

My problem is the gear is not there. So there is nothing to click on! As a shortcut out of this problem: Is there a command line that will advise if I am running under xorg?

[TheFu]

$ pgrep Xorg

That should return a PID.

BTW, most screen sharing/capture tools don't work with Wayland. I think that was the main reason 18.04 didn't ship with Wayland by default.

[Robbyx]

Does this mean it is running xorg?


robins@robins-desktop:~$ pgrep Xorg
1062
1373

[TheFu]

Looks like you are running 2 instances. What does top show?
Do you have 2 video cards?

No gear on the login screen? How do you change between DEs or Window Managers?

[Robbyx]

Looks like you are running 2 instances. What does top show?
Do you have 2 video cards?

No gear on the login screen? How do you change between DEs or Window Managers?

I used to be able to move between window managers via the gear on the login screen. It no longer shows.

I do not have 2 video cards.

This is the latest result of the command:
pgrep Xorg
1032
1464

The following from Htop shows the result of filtering on zorg

[Robbyx]

Is the absence of the gear symbol anything to do with the uefi setup in the boot section?

[TheFu]

Please post text, not images whenever possible. Lots of people pay by the byte for downloads.

Is the absence of the gear symbol anything to do with the uefi setup in the boot section?

Doubtful. It is the login manager. You can install another DE/WM and that should install the login manage for that other DE/WM. It might reset the gear icon. I'm guessing. Don't know.

[Robbyx]

Please post text, not images whenever possible. Lots of people pay by the byte for downloads.
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As you may have guessed, I could not copy the text and so had to fiddle around taking a screen shot and then hosting it on an appropriate site!