Indeed there was a kernel update to 18.04 around the same time as the
mutter update which I thought was causing this bug.
** No longer affects: mutter (Ubuntu)
** No longer affects: mutter (Ubuntu Bionic)
** No longer affects: mutter (Ubuntu Eoan)
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Eoan)
Testing upstream kernel, I can tell this situation is not a Ubuntu kernel
specific issue.
I can reproduce using upstream kernel.
This is where I'm at the moment:
BAD kernel : v4.16.18
GOOD kernel : v4.17-rc1
Leaving us to the following 'vmwgfx' commits to bisect:
$ git log
I have regular snapshots of my ESXi virtual machines and so using a
snapshot before updating packages, I was able to install as many
packages as I could before login broke in the way everyone is
describing. I got down to the following packages:
gir1.2-mutter-2/bionic-updates
Thanks Pat.
Glad you had the same result as I did.
I will start the kernel bisect to find out the commit which introduce the fix
and confirm my potential good candidate that I found by doing a git log
inspection.
Will keep you guys posted.
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Eric,
I installed the 4.18 kernel on one of my Ubuntu 18.04 VMs by doing 'sudo apt
install linux-generic-hwe-18.04'
As further evidence that you may be onto something...
The system boots up fine, presents a GUI login prompt, and I am able to login
and use the system as expected (without having
I marked this bug affecting the kernel 'linux', but I can't 'target to
series' and choose Bionic. It's not in the option list anymore
(something went wrong with that bug I think, but we can figure this out
later (when/if an SRU is needed)):
The only option I have available are:
Ff-series
Disco
I marked this bug affect the kernel 'linux' project, but I can't 'target
to series' and choose Bionic, it's not in the option list (something
went wrong with that bug I think, but we can figure this out later
(when/if an SRU is needed)):
The only option I have available are:
Ff-series
Disco
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