this is exactly what I experience too. But I did not find any other console started in other virtual screens, so I am unable to enter recovery shell for maintenance. I have to use another rescue cd distrib.
** Changed in: friendly-recovery (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Selecting "recovery" on reboot causes mixed console and menu activity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489014 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs