get back to terminal from "killed app"

[Liam Proven]

On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 at 21:03, Grizzlly via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> I was running do-release-upgrade (22.04>24.04) & watching kaffeine at the same
> time, (upgrade was going to take 7 hours on slow BB)

I don't know "kaffeine" but Google says it's a media player.

That was... not a wise move.

You know the magic trick involving yanking a tablelcloth out from
under a fully-laid dinner service, which doesn't move?

Doing an OS upgrade is like sliding a new tablecloth in there.

In fact it's a bit like disassembling the table and building a new
table while everything stays in place.

You tried to prepare and eat a meal on the table at the same time.

Bad plan!

> I lost my mouse pointer and Alt Tab didn't work to change back to terminl to
> check progress, in the end I killed kaffeine, got back my pointer but still
> cant get to the terminal, th escreen still shows the (now killed?) kaffeine
> image
>
> I can get other terminals (CtrlAlt F2-6)
>
> is there a way to to get back to the running terminal ?

Alt-F7 should get you back to X.org.

I am not sure for Wayland, and you didn't say.

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