Turns out this is the default for gdm. According to this blog post: http://rubereality.com/2012/11/08/change-the-vt-setup-with-gdm-3-6-1-and-systemd/ (Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20141228051646/http://rubereality.com/2012/11/08/change-the-vt-setup-with-gdm-3-6-1-and-systemd/ )
changing it back to previous behaviour will require recompiling gdm :-( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725954 Title: It is hard and nonintuitive to switch to console ttys on Ubuntu 17.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/slick-greeter/+bug/1725954/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs