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 <pocallag...@gmail.com> 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 <pepeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:56 AM stan via users <  
> > > > users@lists.fedoraproject.org> 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
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