Virtual consoles reachable with Ctrl+Alt+F1-F6
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Command line prompt looks strange in virtual console
In a terminal emulator like xterm my prompt looks like this:
[august@macmini ~]$
but in a virtual console the string ;linux is prepended to the prompt to make it look like this:
...
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1answer
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Alsa works in virtual console but not in X Windows
After booting my computer and logging in on a virtual console the aplay command works as expected but after running startx only root can run aplay. As non-root I get the following error message:
$ ...
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0answers
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Cannot access Ubuntu consoles (control+alt+f1-6) after nvidia driver install
I am trying to run CUDA 5.0 in ubunut 12.04 LTS. To do this I have to use newer NVIDIA drivers in order to run the CUDA toolkits. After I installed the NVIDIA drivers I cannot access consoles. I am in ...
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Strange firefox problems when started by xinit
when I start firefox console via:
xinit /usr/bin/firefox
firefox is not working properly:
html select elements does not work (unable to change default value)
after opening local pages (I.e. ...
2
votes
2answers
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How do I open a pdf file in a virtual console?
I want to open pdf files from within the virtual console and view them in the console itself. Are there any applications that allow that ?
3
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1answer
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Lock Terminal and Suspend from Terminal
I am trying to lock and suspend from the terminal. I tried:
pmi action suspend | at now + 1 min
And then typed
exit
But both that and vlock kill the running command. Is there a way to lock the ...
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1answer
65 views
Is it possible to have two virtual consoles open in a single screen?
When using virtual consoles, is it possible to have two different virtual consoles open at the same time and sharing the screen space and being able to use either ?
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0answers
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How can I work around mismatched console resolution?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 on an HP Pavilion DM3 laptop, with the nvidia-experimental-310 driver activated. I often switch to a virtual console for certain work. While my laptop's monitor resolution is ...
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Is there a way to see the text of tty7 without shutting down Xorg?
Is there a way to see the text of tty7 without shutting down Xorg, just like switching to another tty?
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2answers
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Wrong MAC address error in virtual console
ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_station : Wrong Mac address
This message continuously prints out on my virtual console. What does it mean, what is its cause and how would one fix it?
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0answers
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Disable virtual console error output
Certain system errors continuously print out on the virtual console. ie, every minute or so my console outputs at the cursor "ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_station : Wrong Mac address" regardless of what I'm ...
0
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1answer
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How can I stop a guest session created by startx command?
I was trying to use Ubuntu 12.4 with administrative privileges. So I typed the following commands in bash shell.
sudo -v
sudo su -
startx -- :2 vt8
I don't know what I have done. Now, I can login ...
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0answers
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Ubuntu 12.04: Virtual console is dimmed [duplicate]
My fresh installation (with updates ...) of ubuntu 12.04 (64bit, Desktop) automatically dims the virtual console as soon as a switch to one. After pressing ctrl+alt+fX, the screen starts dimming until ...
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How To Install X11 - 12.04 LTS x64
My 12.04 x64 system won't boot into GUI, but I can still use virtual console with my own account, so apparently it's the Windows Management System that's causing it, how can I reinstall it from tty, ...
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Boot in virtual console mode with full resolution
I am able to either:
1) Boot into X, switch to virtual console #1 and use it at full resolution
or
2) Boot into virtual console mode -only and use them with 80 columns max
How can I boot into ...
3
votes
1answer
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How do I display Chinese/Japanese characters in a Linux VT console?
I have an installer program which runs in a default Ubuntu 12.04 Linux VT console and uses the "dialog" program to display simple graphical input boxes. After the user selects either Chinese or ...
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1answer
501 views
How to change the screen resolution of the virtual console on an external VGA?
I've found helpful solutions to randr problems on the regular GUI (Ctrl+Alt+F7) but this question is about resizing the virtual console, which doesn't have good google results.
I've been using arandr ...
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2answers
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How do I boot into single-user mode from GRUB?
After changing a few lines in xorg.conf, I can no longer boot Ubuntu (I assume it breaks when trying to load up X), so I need a way to boot into a single-user mode. However, there seems to be zero ...
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1answer
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How do I disable messages or logging from printing on the console/virtual terminals?
My wireless driver is noisy. It prints out messages to the console every 10-30 seconds. So, if I'm working on VT1 or something, I get messages scrolling by all the time. Is there a way to shut this ...
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1answer
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How do I get to the GUI after switching to a virtual console?
I just jumped into a command line virtual console using Ctrl-Alt-F1, and i would now like to return to the gui. startx gives me something along the lines of 'this server is already active for display ...
0
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1answer
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Weird graphical errors in console and on computer shut down
I am all new to Ubuntu (and Linux in general) and I am experiencing some strange graphic on my screen.
Console #1 (ctrl+alt+f1):
Exactly the same happens on all the other consoles (2-6), and the ...
3
votes
1answer
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Why does alt+left shift my virtual terminal left one?
Normally I use alt+left key combo to go back one click in firefox but recently I noticed it's moving to vt6 instead. alt+right moves in the other direction among the vt screens. This is supposed to be ...
2
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1answer
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Set virtual console keymap on Live(CD|USB)?
How can I change the keymap of the CtrlAlt+(F1toF6) virtual consoles on the LiveUSB/CD image?
I've tried picking my layout (US Dvorak) from the F3 menu when it first starts to boot, but that only ...
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1answer
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Can I change the Linux console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) font to Ubuntu Mono?
Is there a way to set a specific TTF font to be used on the console? (I believe you might have to convert it to a bitmap font?)
If it needs to be converted, what tools can I use to do the conversion? ...
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2answers
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How do I run a graphical application in a virtual console besides <Alt+F7>?
I want to run R in a virtual console and RCommander in a separate virtual console. Or maybe I want to run a game in a virtual console and shut off the desktop. Or maybe I want to pipe an ssh -x ...
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0answers
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How to switch to virtual console? [closed]
I figured out that I can switch to virtual console by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1.
The problem still remains... when I press that button combination - it turns off my monitor. The monitor itself says NO ...
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2answers
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How can I disable Caps Lock on text-mode (tty) terminals?
I have disabled caps lock in Ubuntu via the System Settings -> Keyboard panel (see How to programmatically swap the caps lock and esc keys? on how to find this option), however when I switch to a ...
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6answers
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How do I get my blacked out ttys back? [closed]
Original Question:
After I replaced my Ubuntu 10.10 with 11.04 all I get when I Ctrl+Alt+F1–F6 into a tty is a black screen. Also when I boot there's a while of black screen after grub2 menu is ...
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3answers
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Why is a virtual terminal “virtual”, and what/why/where is the “real” terminal?
I hope the question is self-explanatory.
My understanding is that gnome-terminal and konsole are virtual terminals, and they are basically serving the same purpose, i.e. a command line environment ...
5
votes
2answers
371 views
Can virtual terminals (ctrl+alt+f*) use external monitors?
My laptop has a broken screen (for a while now) and unfortunately I won't be able to fix/replace it for a little while longer than I hoped. Is there some way that I can get VT's to show on the ...
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2answers
404 views
Can I take a screenshot of a virtual console?
Is there a way for me to take a screenshot in a virtual console?
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2answers
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What determines which virtual console the graphical interface is run on?
I've learned that I can switch between virtual consoles by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1–F12, and I've found that the graphical interface is usually running at either F7 or F8.
Why does this vary, and is ...
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2answers
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How does /etc/default/console-setup work?
Following up on modifying virtual consoles' keymaps, how can I edit /etc/default/console-setup?
Will the file be parsed on each boot (then cached in /etc/console-setup/cached.kmap.gz), or do I need ...
5
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1answer
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Swap capslock and control in virtual consoles
I'm using System > Preferences > Keyboard > Layout > Options > Ctrl key position > Swap Ctrl and CapsLock, which works great for X.
How can I get the same for virtual consoles (Ctrl+Alt+F1, etc.)?
