cntrl-alt-F1 ... how to get back?

[Tom H]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Cybe R. Wizard
<cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 03:52:19 -0400
> Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:41 AM, Herman Aalderink <hermanaa at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > The list of cli-instructions showed:
>> > ctrl-alt-F1 ............ (to get to the cmd-line)
>> >
>> > I tried it
>> > (like being parachuted in the middle of the Pacific)
>> > I logged-in OK.
>> > How do I get back !!! (to the GUI where I came from)
>>
>> ctrl-alt-F7
>> or
>> alt-F7
>>
> Not necessarily.  On my box it is <Ctrl><Alt><F8>

vt7 is the standard gui vt, so vt8 is your gui vt either because you
have customized your setup or because you are hit by a bug whereby if
you log out and log back in, vt7 is not free because it still has a
stray process attached to it and the next available vt, vt8, is used.

So if f7 doesn't work, try f8, f9, ...