alt-ctrl-f1
 

ok, I pressed alt-ctrl-f1 and it displayed my screen with a gui. I then pressed alt-ctrl-f2 and it displayed a textual desktop. I pressed alt-ctrl-f3 and it displayed the same thing. When I pressed alt-ctrl-f1 to return to my gui, it would not let me return to a gui. I was stuck in a cmd line textual desktop.


How, without restarting, do i return to a gui once I press alt-ctrl-f2??

Usually Ctrl+Alt+F7

hm... I guess I will try it again. :) Thanks

I've read that it's very common that Alt + Ctrl + F7 will return to the GUI, but I've only had it work that way using Ubuntu.
Using openSUSE and Slackware, I had to hold my left Windows logo key down and press F7. Same to just switch between them.