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Reverting from Ctrl - Alt - F1

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I tried to install an nvidia driver and there was an error saying I must not be in an X terminal when doing so. So I did a Ctrl+Alt+F1.

The resulting terminal did not allow the nvidia driver to be installed and showed the same error message. How do I revert back to the Unity GUI?

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answered 2 Years ago bearous · Accepted Answer

Ctrl+Alt+F1 to F6 are the virtual consoles provided by the getty/agetty programs.
Ctrl+Alt+F7 is the console where your X server is running. The GUI (Gnome/KDE or any other) runs over X.
So to get back into your GUI window manager: type:

Ctrl+Alt+F7

or

Alt+F7

or

Ctrl+Alt+F8

With 17.10 and newer, the login screen is on virtual terminal 1, and logged-in users' GUI sessions on VT2 and onwards. So, you may need to use Ctrl+Alt+F2 or Ctrl+Alt+F1 instead.