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I've twice had the following problem (running Linux Mint 20 (xfce) on AMD 64 (8GB)):

While using shortcuts in apps for example Ctrl+F5 in Firefox, my fingers slipped (fast) and I accidentally hit some shortcut I didn't notice (because of speed) and suddenly the system was in Terminal mode asking for login, and there was no way of getting out if it.

There must be a shurtcut to start and to close this terminal, that overtakes the screen and locks you out. I've tried search engines but find nothing.

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Didn't you press Ctrl-Alt-F5? It gets you to text console #5. Keep pressing one of horizontal cursor arrows with Alt till you get back to your graphics console.

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    This. On some systems, it's ALT-F<n>, like ALT-F5. Try CTRL-ALT-F7, or ALT-F7, to get back to the virtual terminal with X-Windows running.
    – Tim Kennedy
    Commented Nov 16, 2020 at 21:47
  • Thank you, that's what I needed.
    – Guy Ellis Hreinberg
    Commented Dec 6, 2020 at 19:36

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