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aleskva

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Registered: 2017-09-02

Posts: 69

[Solved] How to switch back to GUI from virtual terminal interface?

I found out that I can switch from my Arch + Gnome to virtual term interface using Ctrl+Alt+F3,4,5...

But when I want to switch back, none of Ctrl+Alt+F? shortcuts work. More weird thing is when I run startx. The Ctrl+Alt+F7 shortcut, which probably should move me back to GUI (Gnome) just opens a black screen with blinking underscore

Last edited by aleskva (2017-09-03 18:14:48)

adesh

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Registered: 2016-10-05

Posts: 167

Re: [Solved] How to switch back to GUI from virtual terminal interface?

When in virtual console, you don't need to press Ctrl. So, Alt+F1, Alt+f2, etc should work.
While inside Gnome run 'echo $XDG_VTNR' to know the virtual terminal are you on and which function key to use in the combination to switch back.

aleskva

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Registered: 2017-09-02

Posts: 69

Re: [Solved] How to switch back to GUI from virtual terminal interface?

Wow, I've never tried only Alt + F?, thank you so much.
Alt + F2 works for virtual terminal, Ctrl+Alt+F2 for startx xterm session, Thank you so much

aleskva

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Registered: 2017-09-02

Posts: 69

Re: [Solved] How to switch back to GUI from virtual terminal interface?

And once more. Arch + Gnome is awesome. F1 for gdm, F2 for Gnome, F3 for virtual terminal, I can not imagine better arrangement than this