On Mon, 2022-12-12 at 09:33 -0700, stan via users wrote: > On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:08:55 +0000 > Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2022-12-12 at 08:57 -0700, stan via users wrote: > > > On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 11:11:16 -0500 > > > Javier Perez <pepebuho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:56 AM stan via users < > > > > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Have you tried switching to a virtual console (say Ctrl-Alt- > > > > > F3), > > > > > and > > > > > then back again (Ctrl-Alt-F1)? I think that does a context > > > > > switch, > > > > > so should give something a kick. > > > > > > > > > > No. I will try next time it happens. Will that combination > > > > > work > > > > > under XFCE? > > > > > > Yes, it is just switching from the graphical environment to the > > > virtual > > > consoles. Those consoles are now called multiuser, but used to > > > be > > > runlevel 3. You should be able to log in as your user, and run > > > cli > > > commands like top and ls, etc. > > > > > > The graphical environment runs on virtual console 1, which is why > > > you need to use another virtual console to switch away from it, > > > and > > > 1 to switch back. > > > > My DE (KDE/Plasma) runs on Console 2 for some reason. > > So much for my story. :-) Always something new to learn. I think > they do it just for the kicks of messing with people's heads. :-) I know it used to be on 1, but changed some time ago. I never really knew why, or if it was something I did. And the default text console was on 7 I think, but I may be misremembering that. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue