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Occasionally I need to drop into the text console (via ctrl+alt+f1), usually to kill something. When I try to return to the graphical console (via ctrl+alt+f7), I've been logged out of my GUI session and have to log in again and reopen all of my applications. Is there a way to keep the GUI session from closing when I jump to the text console? Previous versions of Ubuntu never logged me out like this when using the text console.

I'm running Ubuntu 18.10 with GNOME classic desktop.

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  • ctrl-alt-t gets you a pseudo-terminal where you can kill things. Why do you need a PTY login?
    – user459652
    Mar 7, 2019 at 16:17
  • The graphical console is no longer under f7, but under f1 these days.
    – Jos
    Mar 7, 2019 at 16:51
  • @jdv Occasionally gnome-shell locks up and I don't have the ability to open a graphical terminal.
    – falcojr
    Mar 8, 2019 at 17:17
  • @Jos That's not true for me. F1-F6 each contains their own text consoles, with graphical under f7.
    – falcojr
    Mar 8, 2019 at 17:19
  • I would also like to know how to do this, Ubuntu 20.04
    – masterxilo
    Oct 7, 2023 at 19:53

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