"....well, don't do that, then!" - is this really sensible?

[ghe2001]

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On Tuesday, May 4, 2021 3:38 PM, Ambrose Li <ambrose.li at gmail.com> wrote:

> > And when you're in the CLI terminal, you can edit something to get your mouse back. I don't know what it is, but someone else will probably know...

> What do you mean by getting your mouse back though? If you mean the equivalent of ctrl-alt-f2, on Linux it's
> chvt 2
> (but you probably need root privs)

mouse back -- he bent something and his mouse quit working.  Mouse back has to do with restoring lost mouse function(s)

Have no idea what chvt 2 means; that key isn't on my keyboard  But ctl-alt-f2 works here -- I watched my screen go from xfce to CLI and back before I suggested he try it

And I did it as a mortal, not root.

--
Glenn English