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zaaaaphod

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Registered: 2022-08-14

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[SOLVED] Reopening XFCE after accidentally exiting to shell

Hi,
When I hit ctrl-alt-F5 (which I accidentally seem to do a bit as I learn my way around) I fall out to the shell. How can I reopen XFCE again?

I've tried startx but it errors.

Thanks very much

Last edited by KBar (2022-08-16 05:28:47)

KBar

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Registered: 2021-11-05

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Re: [SOLVED] Reopening XFCE after accidentally exiting to shell

Ctrl+Alt+FN (with N in the range 1-7) usually switches between virtual terminals. Depending on your distro, either 1 or 7 is opened for spawning a graphical interface. Once in a virtual terminal, you can just try pressing Alt with arrow keys to switch between them and hopefully return to your active graphical session.

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zaaaaphod

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Registered: 2022-08-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Reopening XFCE after accidentally exiting to shell

Thank you, that's great.