virtual terminal from GNOME?

[thufir]

On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 17:27:59 -0500, Tom H wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 5:18 PM, thufir <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm on 17.10 and want to get to a virtual terminal, CLI. How do I do
>> that?
>>
>> It used to be that ctrl-alt-F1 would bring up a virtual console.
> 
> If your X session is on vt1, you'll have to use another vt.

?huh?

Oh, I see, right, usually the x session is vt7 as I recall.  I've tried 
them all:  CTRL+ALT+F1 right to CTRL+ALT+F7 and all that happens is that 
I'm logged out and have to click with the mouse to choose the user and 
then enter password.


-Thufir