Many thanks for your answer, Trel. From your information it seems it was an nVidia driver issue. I hope you don't mind that I'll go ahead and mark this bug as invalid for bash.
** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Cannot get back to a terminal after X has started https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225130 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