tty 2 question

[#&thj^%]

was you prompted for a password? If yes use Key Combo (Ctrl Alt F2) now and then another combo of (Alt F7)

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me       tty7         :0               Thu May 16 12:27   still logged in
reboot   system boot  6.8.9-arch1-2    Thu May 16 12:26   still running
me       tty7         :0               Thu May 16 11:59 - 12:26  (00:26)
reboot   system boot  6.8.9-arch1-2    Thu May 16 11:59 - 12:26  (00:26)
me       tty7         :0               Thu May 16 07:11 - 11:57  (04:46)
reboot   system boot  6.8.9-arch1-2    Thu May 16 07:11 - 11:57  (04:46)
me       tty7         :0               Wed May 15 08:04 - 11:34  (03:30)

[bhubunt]

I entered Key Combo (Ctrl Alt F2) now and then another combo of (Alt F7) but nothing happens. No window opens up.

My password did not work on the second command and the key combinations, as mentioned in post #1, also don't work

[#&thj^%]

paste back the return for:

gnome-session --debug

[bhubunt]

paste back the return for:

gnome-session --debug

 gnome-session-binary[8575]: DEBUG(+): Enabling debugging
gnome-session-binary[8575]: GLib-GIO-DEBUG(+): _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation dconf (DConfSettingsBackend) for ‘gsettings-backend’

[#&thj^%]

Something is a foul, Please Note the difference with mine and yours.
Mine from Morning Boot, my sessions are as follows:

└─> tty
/dev/pts/0
┌───────────────────>
│~ 
└─> ps -H -t /dev/tty2  ###This is when I switched to a tty2
    PID TTY          TIME CMD
 120484 tty2     00:00:00 agetty
┌───────────────────>
│~ 
└─> systemctl stop getty@tty2.service  ### Now I stop it from a tty3 session
┌───────────────────>
│~ 
└─> ps -H -t /dev/tty2
    PID TTY          TIME CMD

I left notes in the code box to reference.

me       tty3                          Thu May 16 14:42   still logged in
me       tty7         :0               Thu May 16 12:27   still logged in

[bhubunt]

Thanks for confirming that something is a foul. Now what do we do next? Is there a solution?

Something is a foul, Please Note the difference with mine and yours.
Mine from Morning Boot, my sessions are as follows:

└─> tty
/dev/pts/0
┌───────────────────>
│~ 
└─> ps -H -t /dev/tty2  ###This is when I switched to a tty2
    PID TTY          TIME CMD
 120484 tty2     00:00:00 agetty
┌───────────────────>
│~ 
└─> systemctl stop getty@tty2.service  ### Now I stop it from a tty3 session
┌───────────────────>
│~ 
└─> ps -H -t /dev/tty2
    PID TTY          TIME CMD

I left notes in the code box to reference.

[bhubunt]

I am signing off for the night now. Back tomorrow, Friday.

[#&thj^%]

Ok I get what is happening here, I was incomplete on my instruction's
To terminate the tty2 session you have to go to a tty3 session first.
(Ctrl Alt F3)
Now we can try again to get rid of that tty2 session:

systemctl stop getty@tty2.service

While still in the tty3 session show me:

last

[bhubunt]

You were not incomplete in your instructions.

The problem is that I am locked in a tty2 session and that I can't move to another session.

The physical key combinations to move in and out of ttys or between ttys are blocked too. (the 3 keys work fine in other situations, but the tty combination of the 3 keys is blocked). I can't get into a tty3 and I can't terminate ttys by crtl alt f1 on this personal Lenovo laptop, which is hooked up to the internet via a commercial modem (no personal server) that I have been using for years.

I think your first guess that "something is a foul" was on the mark.

Is there other code to check what is going on?

I get the feeling that I am not in control of this tty feature on my personal laptop of which I am the sole user.

So is there a way in which we can check if I do not have the necessary privileges to navigate out of a tty?

What are the command lines to do such checks for (limited) privileges for ttys?

Ok I get what is happening here, I was incomplete on my instruction's
To terminate the tty2 session you have to go to a tty3 session first.
(Ctrl Alt F3)
Now we can try again to get rid of that tty2 session:

systemctl stop getty@tty2.service

While still in the tty3 session show me:

last

[tea for one]

I can't get into a tty3 and I can't terminate ttys by crtl alt f1 on this personal Lenovo laptop

Some Lenovo laptops also need the Fn key for certain keyboard shortcuts.
For example, to move the cursor to the end of a line of text, use Fn End simultaneously

As you are using Ubuntu 22.04:-
To access tty3, try Ctrl Alt Fn F3
Return to desktop Ctrl Alt Fn F2