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jimchristie
Asked: 2022-06-22 10:56:32 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 22.04 logs out when display settings change

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I just came back to Ubuntu after quite some time. After installing 22.04, I'm running into a weird issue that I can't seem to find a resolution for.

Whenever a display setting changes, I get logged out. It happens when I disable or enable a display, and also when I change the primary display. That in itself isn't a big deal since I'm not changing display settings very often. What is really frustrating though is that I also get logged out when the machine is idle and Ubuntu attempts to put the screens to sleep.

I've tried disabling all extensions, but that hasn't helped. I found an outdated question that suggesting using compiz, but it looks like compiz is no longer in the repos and I'm hesitant to try such an outdated solution.

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  1. Best Answer

    After hunting for quite some time, I found another outdated answer that pointed me in the direction of what turned out to be a good solution.

    In short, the desktop stack was crashing, forcing a logout. I just needed to switch to the latest NVIDIA drivers.

    I followed the instructions in this article to do so.

    They suggest two alternate ways:

    GUI

    1. Open the Software & Updates application
    2. Select the Additional Drivers Tab
    3. Choose the highest numbered NVIDIA driver
    4. Click "Apply Changes"
    5. Reboot

    Command Line

    1. ubuntu-drivers devices
    2. Look for a line with "recommended" in it like this driver : nvidia-driver-510 - distro non-free recommended
    3. sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall OR install the specific driver listed in the previous step like this sudo apt install nvidia-driver-510
    4. sudo reboot

    I used the GUI method, but I also used the first command in the command line option to verify that the highest numbered one in the GUI was also the recommended driver for my specific device.

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