Looking at hungboot.txt I am starting to think maybe the login screen ('gnome-shell' process) is actually running in Wayland mode but failing to display. That would explain a lot...
Pat, can you please reproduce the bug again and while it is happening: 1. SSH into the VM. 2. Run 'pidof gnome-shell' to find out the process ID of that process. Tell us if you don't get a result. 3. If you do get a result from step 2 then using that PID run: sudo kill -ABRT PID where PID is the process ID number. 4. Wait 30 seconds. 5. Hopefully a crash report will have been generated so now follow: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#Missing_a_crash_report_or_having_a_.crash_attachment ** Changed in: mutter (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: In Progress => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1832138 Title: Login screen never appears on vmwgfx but setting WaylandEnable=false fixes it To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/1832138/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs