On Mon, 2022-12-12 at 17:16 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 12/12/22 08:08, Patrick O'Callaghan 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. > > The login manager runs on console 1. The first logged in desktop > session runs on console 2 and so on. Unless you switch to the > virtual console before that, which will push the desktop sessions > further along.
That seems to be correct, except that console 1 just shows a blank screen and doesn't accept input. Not a problem, I was simply curious. I'm on X11/KDE, for what it's worth. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org 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@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
