I was able to reproduce the bug, and this upstream fix[1] look promising. On my test machine, using a test package containing this patch on top of current gdm3 bionic, chvt doesn't hang anymore, and work as expected.
I'd would like more feedback before I proceed with an SRU. [1] - 39fb4ff6 manager: don't run autologin display on tty1 - Eric -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1817738 Title: Can't change virtual terminal when auto-login is enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1817738/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
