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) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Eoan) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Summary changed: - Login screen never appears on vmwgfx but setting WaylandEnable=false fixes it + Login screen never appears on vmwgfx but installing kernel >= v4.17-rc1 fixes it -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1832138 Title: Login screen never appears on vmwgfx but installing kernel >= v4.17-rc1 fixes it To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1832138/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs