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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com>
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On 06/05/18 15:45, tuxic@posteo.de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am running X11 with Nvidia-drivers 396.18-r1.
> 
>  From time to time I accidentally hit a key combo
> (ALT F*) and I am thrown to the LINUX console.
> 
> Back in the years when one setups X11 by hand
> carefully inserting timings for the Cathod Ray Tube
> it was possible to swicth back with CTRL-ALT-F12
> (or was it ALT-F12).

You can't switch to the console with alt+fN. X11 to console requires 
ctrl+alt+fN. From console to X11, it's just alt+fN.

On most modern installs, X11 runs on tty1 (when running systemd) or tty7 
(when running openrc.) So just try alt+f1 or alt+f7 to go back to X11.