Ubuntu
console-setup package

  1. Bug #520546
  2. Comment #39

Comment 39 for bug 520546

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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote : Re: Alt-f2 switches to virtual terminal 2

Carl: I’m not sure whether that “@Andres” was directed at Andreas or me (I’m Anders), but I still believe the situation is explained by my comments #31 and #33; it is not a mystery why this is seen only occasionally. The bug is triggered every time the console-setup package is installed or upgraded: specifically, when dpkg runs console-setup.postinst which runs ‘setupcon --force’. You can reproduce either by running ‘sudo apt install --reinstall console-setup’ or by running ‘sudo setupcon --force’ directly. The problem is cleared by rebooting or by logging out and in again.