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Ctrl+Alt+F1 (or + F2-F6) shows just a black black screen (on every monitor if there are any externals), although Ctrl+Alt+F7 may bring the desktop back. It's a Xubuntu 14.04.1 on MacBookPro11,3 with retina and nvidia graphics.

Since blank black screen happens a lot when plug/unplug external screens, and Ctrl+Alt+F1 or F2,3,4,5,6,7 etc. or Ctrl+Alt+Backspace does nothing, I can only power off if this situation happens.

Is this because the resolution stuff that stop ttys from displaying, maybe?

Update: if Nvidia driver uninstalled, tty works. When Nvidia driver installed again, blank tty again.

Update: I just reinstall Xubuntu again (not because of this issue), the system now is relatively fresh,Ctrl+Alt+F1 shows nothing (nvidia v 343 driver installed).

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  • Can you see the top of your screen? The tty only shows a single line of text, so if a few pixels are cut off, it could appear blank.
    – anonymous2
    May 31, 2016 at 13:47

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