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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: X11 recovery ... somehow
Date: Sun, 06 May 2018 15:14:13
Message-Id: pcn5vh$tjg$1@blaine.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] X11 recovery ... somehow by tuxic@posteo.de
1 On 06/05/18 15:45, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I am running X11 with Nvidia-drivers 396.18-r1.
5 >
6 > From time to time I accidentally hit a key combo
7 > (ALT F*) and I am thrown to the LINUX console.
8 >
9 > Back in the years when one setups X11 by hand
10 > carefully inserting timings for the Cathod Ray Tube
11 > it was possible to swicth back with CTRL-ALT-F12
12 > (or was it ALT-F12).
13
14 You can't switch to the console with alt+fN. X11 to console requires
15 ctrl+alt+fN. From console to X11, it's just alt+fN.
16
17 On most modern installs, X11 runs on tty1 (when running systemd) or tty7
18 (when running openrc.) So just try alt+f1 or alt+f7 to go back to X11.