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I've accidentally press the key Ctrl + Alt + F1. It switches my default terminal to a virtual terminal, and I don't have the folder and user information in the command line anymore. How do I get back to the previous state of my Terminal?

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  • Have you try Ctrl + Alt + F[2,3,4,5,6,7]?
    – Kulti
    Oct 11, 2012 at 9:21
  • Yes, but It switch to the black screen and ask for password, I've entered the root and user password but not ok. I restarted the system and found out that it's still the same terminal (1)
    – HOAI NAM NGUYEN
    Oct 11, 2012 at 9:23
  • Hm... I cannot understand, what do you mean under "default" terminal? (I thought you mean terminal with X-server).
    – Kulti
    Oct 11, 2012 at 9:31
  • Well, I don't understand neither. In the default terminal, in the command line I have the name of the current folder and the username, but when I press Ctrl + Alt + F1, it switched to another type of terminal and I have just "$" in the command line. When I type cd /home/... the tab key does not work to help me to type faster. So I want to switch to the default parameter or type of terminal
    – HOAI NAM NGUYEN
    Oct 11, 2012 at 9:34
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    Please, show echo $SHELL output. I think it's /bin/sh. In that case try to run bash. Thanks.
    – Kulti
    Oct 11, 2012 at 10:05

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Ctrl + Alt + F7 usually brings me back to the X-Server, by default, the first X server runs on terminal 7, this same question has also been asked at ask-ubunutu, some people report having to use Alt + F8

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  • I've tried Ctrl + Alt + F7, it does nothing, Alt + F8 show me a total black screen! When I restart the problem persists
    – HOAI NAM NGUYEN
    Oct 11, 2012 at 9:51
  • What build of Linux are you using?
    – Gearoid Murphy
    Oct 11, 2012 at 9:53
  • I use debian 6.0
    – HOAI NAM NGUYEN
    Oct 11, 2012 at 10:01
  • The more information you give, the better, what desktop are you using?
    – Gearoid Murphy
    Oct 11, 2012 at 10:02
  • I use actually KDE
    – HOAI NAM NGUYEN
    Oct 11, 2012 at 10:12
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Thanks @kulti, The problem of mine is the bash mode, I need to go to Settings->Manage Profiles-> change the name of the profile to bash, and it is just like before!

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