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 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 3.28.3+git20190124-0ubuntu18.04.2] gnome-shell/bionic-updates 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 3.28.3+git20190124-0ubuntu18.04.2] gnome-shell-common/bionic-updates,bionic-updates 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.1 all [upgradable from: 3.28.3+git20190124-0ubuntu18.04.2] libmutter-2-0/bionic-updates 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 3.28.3+git20190124-0ubuntu18.04.2] Seems the recent troubleshooting is on the right track. -- 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/linux/+bug/1832138/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs