Questions tagged [virtual-console]
Virtual consoles reachable with Ctrl+Alt+F1-F6
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Why is my console so slow in 18.04?
I just installed 18.04 on a Dell T310 server, and I'm noticing that the text console is unusably slow when scrolling text.
To add some numbers to this, invoking dmesg immediately after boot over an ...
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i have read-only file system error
I'm running Ubuntu MATE 18.04 on an Acer Swift 1 laptop, I'm getting this error error screen.
I tried everything I know. I can't even install Windows. I tried to install Windows 7, Windows 8 and ...
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How to change the primary display at runlevel 3
I have a desktop with two screens attached to it's VGA ports (GPU and motherboard). My main screen has two input ports (VGA and HDMI). I often plug my laptop into the HDMI port on the main screen and ...
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Exit Desktop to Terminal in Ubuntu 19.10
In Ubuntu 19.10, how can you exit the desktop and go straight to a terminal?
I'd prefer to do this using a command, instead of Ctrl-Alt-F1 type techniques, because I'm doing this in a virtual machine,...
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How to configure the guest vm(Ubuntu16.04) to get ip from bridge network of the host vm(Ubuntu16.04) using KVM hypervisor?
I'm having trouble to get IP from the bridge network which was custom configures for 10.* addresses and now my guest VM was picking default address 192.*.
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Freeze on close terminal
Consider the following steps.
I ctrl-alt-f5 into a terminal.
I log in.
I hit ctrl-d, or exit, to exit the terminal.
My screen shows the graphical login page. (This is unexpected.)
Neither the mouse ...
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Ubuntu 16.04, too many ttys
I'm working on a zynq board with Ubuntu 16.04. I find that there are more than 300 /dev/tty*.
My question is how can I reduce the number of TTYs?
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Virtual terminal 1 not working, system logs out instead
Posted this in the Ubuntu One forum, but because of little activity, I am posting the question here too:
5.0.0-25-generic #26~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 1 13:51:02 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/...
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How to get out of tty1 when you don't know your login and password
I'm having trouble logging in to the console in Ubuntu 19.04. I need to enter a login and password. When I enter my username and password, the console rejects the login. Keys Ctrl+Alt+(F1-F12) don't ...
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How can I fix virtual terminal size for external monitor?
I plugged in my 4K external monitor (Dell 27 inch) to my Lenovo Thinkpad l540 running Ubuntu 18.04 using a mini displayport cable, and it works perfectly when I'm in the GUI. (The scaling option I ...
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Can't log, and can't launch the console mode
After launch a game, I cannot log. The resolution of the logging page is low. I think that the nvidia drivers are corrupted.
So, I want to log with the (virtual) console mode and reinstall the ...
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How do I increase the number of TTY consoles?
I often find it convenient to work entirely from the command line, and like to have several tty "consoles" open simultaneously.
How do I make my system default to having more than the traditional 6 ...
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How to switch to text console without logging out GUI on 18.10
Occasionally I need to drop into the text console (via ctrl+alt+f1), usually to kill something. When I try to return to the graphical console (via ctrl+alt+f7), I've been logged out of my GUI session ...
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No text console with custom kernel
I've recently started using my own custom kernels in Ubuntu, and they are working without problems, with the exception that I don't have a text console when I press any of the key combinations Ctrl+...
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Why is the dropbox daemon running immediately whenever I open a new terminal window?
Every time I open a new terminal window, the dropbox daemon starts. There is nothing in my .bashrc to start this, nor is Start Dropbox at system startup enabled. Why is this happening?
dropbox: ...
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Can't login and no password prompt when trying to login as root on console on Ubuntu 18.04 running inside LXC
I have several installs of Ubuntu 18.04.2 inside LXC containers in several nodes running Proxmox 4.4-24 (Debian 8.11).
On any of these, When I try to login as root on the console, I enter "root", ...
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Cannot login on virtual terminal - return repeating? [duplicate]
My Ubuntu 18.04.2 system is working OK except for the following problem:
I cannot seem to be able to login on any of the virtual terminals (Ctrl+Alt+F1 to F6. Specifically, I can type my username ...
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Ubuntu 18 login loop and can't open terminal
I have upgraded my ubuntu 16 to 18 and after reboot I am stuck into login loop, found this solution
but I am also not able to open terminal from login screen, ctrl+alt+f* not working. Is there any ...
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Login Failing in Virtual Console
I am on Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS.
When hitting Ctrl+Alt+F1 (F2 ...) I get a terminal login prompt in the virtual console. After entering the user name and pressing enter, it shows the
Password:
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Can't start any terminal
I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 bionic with a xfce desktop.
Today I needed a terminal and had to learn that I'm not able any more to open ANY terminal emulator. The terminal windows just close as they appear. I'...
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Weird login behavior in tty1-6 [duplicate]
I have a very peculiar problem with my ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to tty1 as always. And there is the classic screen that you have to login as always. But when I try to login this ...
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Ubuntu 18.10 is stuck at loading screen after new installation
Very much like:
Ubuntu 18.04 is stuck at loading screen after new installation
Except for being Ubuntu 18.10
The only way to interrupt a hung system like this, which simply never completes the boot ...
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Exiting from virtual terminal and automatically going back to X disables keyboard and mouse
When exiting from virtual terminal with automatic switch back to X the keyboard and mouse does not work any more.
Here is the sequence to reproduce the issue.
Hint: tty1 and tty2 are used by X for ...
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Graphical interface startup issue
The problem is with 18.10 cosmic desktop after a do-release-upgrade. Before the release upgrade I did not have this issue, or at least I did not notice it.
The issue is that when the OS starts, the ...
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Ubuntu 18.10: Screen lock options grayed out
Recently upgraded to Ubuntu 18.10, having two problems.
Easiest to explain: when I open "settings", go to "privacy", select "screen lock", I get the popup window with the screen lock settings, but ...
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Unable to change virtual terminal
I am currently running on a freshly installed Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, and I am unable to change virtual terminal. I tried using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+F[1-6] which doesn't do anything and the ...
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Cannot switch to virtual consoles with Ctrl Alt Fx
I have recently installed Kubuntu 18.04 on a Dell XPS 13 9370. I cannot switch from the GUI to any virtual console using Ctrl+Alt+Fx for any x=1,2,... (or any key combination I can discover). I have ...
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Ctrl-Alt-Fx doesn't work: Getty / VT vs X session bug (18.04)
I've run into problems with virtual terminals.
I boot up, log in via VT, startx.
Next, I'm going to another VT (e.g. ctrl+alt+f2), login there too, and exit that vt (tty2).
What happens next is ...
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Enabling virtual consoles in Ubuntu 18.04
I have used the virtual consoles (tty1-6) for decades in various Linuxes. I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) on an x86-64 box. Everything is fine, except that the VCs don't work. As ...
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Hard disk locked
I have a problem, mi external hard disk is locked. Someone knows how to solve this problem. When I try to access it by inserting the password, an error message appears. It says: 'Error unlocking, ...
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How to copy root file system in Ubuntu
I want to copy my Ubuntu's root file system into another folder (perhaps /home/rootfs). I am not trying to copy /, which is the root file directory, but am trying to copy the root file system. Does ...
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Root shell on VT 9
When I switch to VT 9 by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F9 I get a root shell by default without a password prompt. How can I change it to demand a password before giving root shell access? I am using Ubuntu 16.04 ...
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How to have script detect if terminal emulator is running in a desktop session or not?
I have scripts I run that write out a text file, then open it in an editor. If I open a terminal emulator window in my desktop session and run the script, I'd like the editor to be a graphical one ...
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Access terminal from login screen on Ubuntu 18.04
I would like to open the terminal from the login screen. In previous Ubuntu releases I just used Ctrl+Alt+F1. However, when I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 in 18.04, nothing happens, the login screen just stays ...
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Clickable link + popup menu
Is it possible to have a clickable link, in my PS1, that opens a pop-up menu or something similar?
My scenario
I've personalized my .bashrc, to show my PS1 as
user@machine: path #/$
and if I'm ...
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Why is /etc/init/tty?.conf ignored in Ubuntu 16.04?
When using Ubuntu 14.04, I used to have a custom /etc/init/tty2.conf that started a program in this virtual terminal. But after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04, these files seem to be ignored. Regardless of ...
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What is the best way to install Ubuntu on cloud
I am currently using Ubuntu 17.10 using Oracle VirtualBox on USB as hard disk.
Would like to know if it is possible to install Ubuntu on cloud for personal use and will it be faster compared to ...
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How can I record the screen (or screencast) in text mode?
Basically I want to capture the process of installing a driver in Ubuntu so I can watch it later.
There are screen capture applications such as SimpleScreenRecorder, but they won't work in text mode ...
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Error while installing powerline
I recently installed powerline for bash and it seems to work fine but it made my terminal to load very slow. But when my main concern is when i go to my console pressing CTRL + ALT + F1 it shows some ...
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How can I distinguish a terminal window (GUI) from a console (CTRL+ALT+F3)?
I use a coloured bash prompt like so:
blue=$(tput setaf 4)
reset=$(tput sgr0)
bold=$(tput bold)
export PS1='($?) \[$bold$blue\]\u@\h:\w\[$reset\]$(__git_ps1)> '
I usually work in a terminal ...
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I'm getting a typed character every second or so on the console in Server 17.10
I tried to install Server 17.10 on my machine. As soon as the login prompt appeared, I started getting a character typed approximately once a second, even with no keyboard attached to the server. Each ...
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Ctrl+Alt+F-keys do not respond after having gone in the loginless virtual console
Situation
I am working with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. My computer was (and is) running a several-day long task launched from a terminal in the desktop environment. I then sent it to the background and ...
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standard and custom keyboard shortcut for terminal not working, every other shortcut continues to work. Ubuntu 17.10 w/ GNOME
I like to use super + t to open up a terminal. I set that in the keyboard shortcuts setting to open a terminal. It works immediately after I set it, but after some time, or a logout it stops working....
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screen: I start two screens, but there is only one?
After doing
screen -S foo
screen -S bar
screen -ls
I see two screens: 1234.foo and 5678.bar (both Attached).
How can they be both attached, as I'm only in one at a time? (Presumably the last one I ...
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How to switch between console mode and GUI in 17.10 in X.Org mode? [duplicate]
This is related to this question about How to switch between console mode and GUI in 17.10?. I tried the highly-upvoted answer, which sounds like it is correct, but it does not work for me.
I am ...
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How do I switch between console mode and GUI in 17.10 and newer?
After upgrading to 17.10 like a true pioneer, I found the old CtrlAltF1 no longer switches between console mode and GUI, and a quick Google search brought up nothing useful. Was this feature removed ...
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How to switch back to graphical vt
In Ubuntu 17.04 I can easily press Alt-Ctrl and f1 to f6 to switch between the virtual terminals in text mode, but the usual Alt-Ctrl f7 (or any of the other f keys) does not take be back to the ...
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fix virtual consols fires with A:T+Fx (without CTRL)
When I press ALT+any Fx (x in range of 1..7) keys fresh install Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 switches virtual console, and when I return to GUI it executes repetive ALT+Fn command. For example if I press Alt+F4 ...
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Error while using graphics.h
I have visited this site
to know how to use graphics.h
But I am getting an error while using
sudo apt-get install libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-image1.2-dev guile-1.8 \
guile-1.8-dev libsdl1.2debian ...
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Keep Getting Eth0 Error Messages
I keep getting these error messages with eth0:
Output of ifconfig:
