0

OS: Ubuntu 18.04

I used to always use the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F1 to log out of my main user, which will show the GUI listing all users you can login to. However, one day I pressed those keys and suddenly a black screen similar to teletype appeared.
The keyboard shortcuts must have reset to default somehow. Even though I don't remember setting Ctrl+Alt+F1 as a special shortcut to log out, which would replace Ctrl+Alt+Del, I imagine the only possible explanation is that I did set that keyboard shortcut to log out, and that it is not the default keyboard shortcut.

I read these two posts:
Reverting from Ctrl - Alt - F1
What is a tty, and how do I access a tty?

So, I now understand that, in 18.04, the following shortcuts are available:
Ctrl+Alt+F2 exits teletype.
Ctrl+Alt+F3-6 takes you to tty3-tty6.

Most AskUbuntu posts I found explain these shortcuts for versions of Ubuntu older than 17.10, so they are not that useful in this case.
My question is, what does Ctrl+Alt+F1 do on Ubuntu 18.04 ? (What is that black screen with 15-20 lines of white text that do not let you type in any input? )

And, what does Ctrl+Alt+F7 do on Ubuntu 18.04?

evaristegd
  • 353
  • 'teletype' is a terminal window. – K7AAY Mar 04 '20 at 16:49
  • @K7AAY , Wikipedia says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprinter . What the screen shows when I press Ctrl+Alt+F3 is different from when I just launch the Terminal app on Ubuntu. So, I think 'teletype' is indeed a terminal window, but it has to be some sort of special 'terminal window', because I am not familiar with it. The second post I linked in my post explains some of the differences. – evaristegd Mar 04 '20 at 17:32
  • Do you have any clue of what is that screen that shows when I press CtrlAltF1 ? It's different from tty3-tty6, and it does not show 'tty' at the top. So, if it's not tty, what is it? And why is it that it doesn't let me type in anything? – evaristegd Mar 04 '20 at 17:55
  • Aha! Already answered in another post. See https://askubuntu.com/a/979029/197910 – K7AAY Mar 04 '20 at 18:07

0 Answers0