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Gnome shell restart is not working in Ubuntu 22.04 using ALT+F2

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Two days ago I have install Ubuntu 22.04. I was trying to restart the gnome shell using ALT+Fn+F2. The command prompt opened but when I wrote 'r' and enter it is not restarting.
The following message was coming as displayed on the image

What can I do now to resolve this problem?

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answered 3 Years ago gigglcept · Accepted Answer

Please enter this command:

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

If the above command outputs, wayland, your system is using wayland.

We have to disable wayland and enable xorg (x11). To do this,

Please go to this file

sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf

Uncomment this line.
WaylandEnable=false

Reboot your system.

Voila! You can now press ALT+F2 and then press r to restart your gnome shell.

echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE

Now it should display x11.

Enjoy!