cannot login to text console

[baldyeti]

Tx again, oshunluvr

[oshunluvr]

Wow, that was easy, LOL.

If you are using 18.04 on a new-ish PC you might consider trying the newer Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) which comes with the 4.18 series of kernels.

I think this does it all:

sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-18.04



p.s. I marked the thread "Solved" for you.

[baldyeti]

Everything I find relates this to a kernel problem.

Bingo ! As soon as i booted my previous kernel, problem solved ! Why didn't i think of that ? Probably because i seldom boot a *buntu these days. I have now installed the current 4.15.0-48 kernel which also works fine. Thanks so very much for the suggestion !

[oshunluvr]

Everything I find relates this to a kernel problem. What kernel you using? Have you upgraded to the newest hardware stack?

[baldyeti]

I have this weird problem for quite a while and updates have not fixed it like i hoped.
When trying to login to one of the text console (say Ctrl-Alt-F5), i can type my username alright,
but as soon as i hit Enter, it is as if i had hit it several times and i cannot even type my password.
Instead i get several login/password prompts as if Enter/Return had been hit 5 or 6 times.