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Is a reboot the only way to get back into the GUI after pressing "CTRL+ALT+F12"?

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I just read What does "Ctrl + Alt + F12" do?. It was helpful, but I'm left with the question:

If you accidentally press "CTRL+ALT+F12" is the only way out of the virtual terminal to reboot the machine?

I tried every combination of (CTRL, CTRL+ALT, CTRL+SHIFT, CTRL+ALT+SHIFT, ALT, ALT+SHIFT, SHIFT) + each of the F1-12 keys to try and get back to the GUI. Nothing worked. Is the only way back into the GUI to reboot the machine?

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answered 1 Year ago ravturtl · Accepted Answer

Once you switch to a virtual "terminal" without a getty running, your keyboard input is not available, so trying to use it to switch back is useless. Come into your system via ssh, and kill the lightdm --session.... to get back to an X login screen.