I just ran into this with 18.04.2, which has HWE out of the box. Repro:
1) Fresh 18.04.2 in a KVM VM. 2) sudo apt install xpra 3) After graphical console login (?), input devices don't work. Package list below: --- $ sudo apt install xpra [sudo] password for user: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: freeglut3 libgtkglext1 libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0 libpython-stdlib python python-cairo python-dbus python-gi python-gi-cairo python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-gtkglext1 python-lz4 python-lzo python-minimal python-olefile python-opengl python-pil python-rencode python2.7 python2.7-minimal ssh-askpass xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-void xserver-xorg-video-dummy Suggested packages: python-doc python-tk python-dbus-dbg python-dbus-doc python-gobject-2-dbg python-gtk2-doc python-numpy libgle3 python-pil-doc python-pil-dbg python2.7-doc binfmt-support openssh-server python-pyopencl python-gst-1.0 python-avahi python-netifaces cups-pdf python-cups python-opencv v4l2loopback-dkms python-yaml xfonts-100dpi | xfonts-75dpi The following packages will be REMOVED: ubuntu-desktop xorg xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-input-all-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-input-libinput-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-input-wacom-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-all-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-ati-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-intel-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-qxl-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-radeon-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-vesa-hwe-18.04 xserver-xorg-video-vmware-hwe-18.04 The following NEW packages will be installed: freeglut3 libgtkglext1 libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0 libpython-stdlib python python-cairo python-dbus python-gi python-gi-cairo python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-gtkglext1 python-lz4 python-lzo python-minimal python-olefile python-opengl python-pil python-rencode python2.7 python2.7-minimal ssh-askpass xpra xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-void xserver-xorg-video-dummy 0 upgraded, 27 newly installed, 17 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 7,215 kB of archives. After this operation, 21.6 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1691025 Title: Installing xpra on HWE-enabled LTS breaks system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xpra/+bug/1691025/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
