On Sunday, 6 May 2018 14:28:41 BST Philip Webb wrote: > What has always worked is Control-Alt-F7 , if you started from TTY1 ; > IIRC if you start with TTY2, then 'startx', you come back via C-A-F8 etc. > Perhaps you could test that & report back.
>From a console in Gentoo you should be able to switch to your primary xsession with: Alt+F7 Other distros may use Alt+F5. > > 1) For debugging purposes I would like to get a fully working switch > > between the Linux console and X11 back and forth. > > 2) If that is not possible see below. But! > > If I was accidentally thrown to the Linux console > > by my own eloborated usage of the keyboard (hrrrrmmmm) > > I am able to do the following: > > Login as myself (console login) and do another startx. > > This will start a new X11 session. > > Is it possible somehow to "take over" the original X11 session, > > which is still running in the background > > to cleanly ending the tasks running and waiting for my input? > > I suspect there is a way to do that, but I don't know how. >From the console use Alt+F7. >From within the secondary xsession use Ctrl+Alt+F7. Alt+F8/Ctrl+Alt+F8 should take you back to your secondary xsession. -- Regards, Mick
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