Reproducible on 18.04.3 LTS on a t460s Thinkpad. (Yes, enable function- lock, or remember to press Fn + ctrl + alt + f3)
Do a normal login and press CTRL-ALT-F1. Now it switches to a virtual console showing the boot log. Alas there is no way to switch back to any other virtual console!! Reboot here is the only option. Do a normal login and press CTRL-ALT-F1. Now it switches to a virtual console with a login prompt. Nice. Do not press ALT-F1 or you will end up in the boot log again...reboot. Press ALT-F2 to get back to the graphical console. Then I removed the comments for the two lines: NAutoVTs=6 ReserveVT=6 in the file /etc/systemd/logind.conf and rebooted. Then it started to work better. F1 seems to be the gdm graphical login prompt. F2 has the graphical desktop. F3 is the first virtual console terminal. I do not know where to boot log went... However wait after pressing the CTRL-ALT-Fx and ALT-Fx keys when switching consoles. If I switch between the consoles too fast, them the X-process sometimes crashes and you get the login screen again. -- 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/1758512 Title: No virtual terminals (CTRL+ALT+F?) when no user logged in; erratic behaviour when user logged in. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1758512/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
