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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0006827Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2021-06-22 18:46
ReporterX0RW3LL Assigned Tosteev  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version2020.3 
Summary0006827: kali-defaults* 2020.4.6 has set X11 as the default display manager
Description

I just got the kali-defaults and kali-defaults-desktop upgrade from 2020.4.5 > 2020.4.6 and lost my second screen (HDMI) after the reboot.
xrandr is not detecting output save from the built-in monitor, and windowing system shows X11 as opposed to GNOME in Settings>About

gdm3 is still the default display manager in /etc/X11/default-display-manager, it's also selected on the login screen, but it falls back to X11 immediately after login.
Second graphics card is an NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti (no drivers installed)

Steps To Reproduce

Upgrade kali-defaults and kali-defaults-desktop to 2020.4.6 and reboot with a second monitor connected via HDMI

Activities

X0RW3LL

X0RW3LL

2020-11-07 02:42

reporter   ~0013666

Update: this is not a bug; Wayland is now disabled on startup (trouble with NVIDIA drivers, of course)

If you still need Wayland, here's how to get it back:
https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/kali-defaults/-/commit/6f28c65a749900049c3bef2c78e76ab872ff8a6d

If you want to try out wayland, you have to disable that systemd

snippet and restart gdm:

mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/gdm.service.d

ln -sf /dev/null /etc/systemd/system/gdm.service.d/disable-wayland.conf

rm -f /run/gdm3/custom.conf

systemctl daemon-reload

systemctl restart gdm

Many thanks to Hertzog for the detailed documentation!

Balling

Balling

2020-11-10 02:43

reporter   ~0013673

This little thingy has broken my kali whatsoever. Only console.

Disabling that systemd snippet fixed the issue. LOL.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-11-07 00:49 X0RW3LL New Issue
2020-11-07 02:42 X0RW3LL Note Added: 0013666
2020-11-10 02:43 Balling Note Added: 0013673
2020-12-01 10:50 g0tmi1k Severity major => minor
2021-06-22 18:46 steev Assigned To => steev
2021-06-22 18:46 steev Status new => closed
2021-06-22 18:46 steev Resolution open => no change required