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.
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: logind. conf
NAutoVTs=6
ReserveVT=6
in the file /etc/systemd/
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.