On Sunday, May 6, 2018 2:45:51 PM CEST tu...@posteo.de wrote: > Hi, > > I am running X11 with Nvidia-drivers 396.18-r1. > > From time to time I accidentally hit a key combo > (ALT F*) and I am thrown to the LINUX console. > > Back in the years when one setups X11 by hand > carefully inserting timings for the Cathod Ray Tube > it was possible to swicth back with CTRL-ALT-F12 > (or was it ALT-F12). > > But this does not work for me. > > 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?
When I switch to the console (using <CTRL>+<ALT>+F1), I usually find the X- session by using <ALT>+<LEFT ARROW KEY> until I get to the X-session. -- Joost
