[SOLVED] How do you just exit tty?

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howtoexittty · #1 Post by **howtoexittty** » 2019-08-18 07:05

I've never been able to figure out the tty key on Debian, but today i stumbled into it at seemingly the worst time.

Please help me, i pressed alt + f4 i think and now i'm in tty4, i just want to get back to my desktop. OS is Debian 10 with the GNOME desktop.

Solution: Ctrl + Alt + F1 got be back to the desktop.

L_V · #2 Post by **L_V** » 2019-08-18 07:21

Did you try tty7 ?

phenest · #3 Post by **phenest** » 2019-08-18 08:36

The default key combination to switch between desktop and consoles is Ctrl+Alt+ F1 to F7.

Bloom · #4 Post by **Bloom** » 2019-08-18 08:43

And to switch back from any tty to your graphical desktop, switch to tty7 (ctrl+alt+F7) because that's where it resides.

phenest · #5 Post by **phenest** » 2019-08-18 08:46

Bloom wrote:And to switch back from any tty to your graphical desktop, switch to tty7 (ctrl+alt+F7) because that's where it resides.

Not necessarily. It's F2 for me. F7 is blank, not even a console login. And F1 gives a lock screen.

howtoexittty · #6 Post by **howtoexittty** » 2019-08-18 09:08

Ctrl + Alt + F1 took me back to the gui gnome login screen.

Thank you so much everyone! You saved my day.

phenest · #7 Post by **phenest** » 2019-08-18 09:13

You're welcome.

And a username named after your first post? I guess it can be difficult to know what to choose.

Head_on_a_Stick · #8 Post by **Head_on_a_Stick** » 2019-08-18 19:49

I use this in virtual machines:

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