I've checked now: other users can use wayland without problem, so it's specific to my user.
After further analysis i found that it's the "focusli" gnome extension. thanks for the help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1716503 Title: gnome-shell --wayland works only when --mode=initial-setup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1716503/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs