Questions tagged [virtual-console]
Virtual consoles reachable with Ctrl+Alt+F1-F6
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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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Small font size (console and grub)
Grub menu is very small, and the same is when I open a terminal with ctl+alt+f3 (how do you call it btw.?). Almost impossible to read.
I have dell precision 3561 laptop:
ubuntu 21.10 (dual boot ...
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How to permanently set a custom keyboard layout for Linux console, login screen (GDM) and desktop session (GNOME/Wayland/XWayland)
I'd like to have simple instructions of how to permanently and consistently set up a custom keyboard layout configuration for all of these user interfaces in a standard Ubuntu desktop installation ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 black screen after NVIDIA update
I only have Ubuntu 22.04 on my laptop. I tried to update NVIDIA drivers since Pytorch won't see CUDA on my laptop. I installed it and then decided to re-boot my device. Now I have a black screen with ...
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How to list the guest machines inside a host machine in OpenStack?
I have a background in KVMs but I am new to cloud. In KVM, you can list the guest machines that are inside a host machine by running virsh list --all in the host machine.
How do you do that in ...
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After updating to 22.04.3 I get a blank login screen asking for my username and password, despite inputting it and rebooting from USB nothing works
I'm using a Surface Go tablet. This is what pops up when I log in, I just blurred out my name information.
I put in my password and user, but it just won't work. I tried booting from a USB again, but ...
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Laptop port not working
Recently I updated my system running Ubuntu Mate 22.04. Now neither of the ports are working, nor am I able to access virtual keyboard. On top of that, I can't see Snap Store in the laptop. My built-...
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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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Making koha and dspace available on a network
Recently, I installed Koha on my Ubuntu 20.04 system. I was informed that extensive configuration isn't necessary; I just need to ping the IP. However, I'm unfamiliar with these steps. I'd like to ...
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How to leave some RAM aside for virtual terminal?
I want to leave some RAM aside for a virtual terminal that is accessed through Ctrl+Alt+F2.
When my computer froze, I tried to switch over to it to kill some processes, but it was not being brought up,...
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( fuse-zip ) Using cp reported running out of virtual memory
Hello I am using this command
find ./"DCIM/Camera" -name "Camera" -print -exec cp -n -a -p -R -v "{}" "/home/username/path/to/destination/folder" \;
to copy ...
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SUDO_ASKPASS not working
I would like to create a simple script to download and install a program over ssh.
#!/bin/bash
echo "Welcher Rechner?"
read nummer
echo "Verbinde zu APC "$nummer
apc=apc$nummer....
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After upgrade to 23.04, virtual consoles are missing
I have just upgraded my Kubuntu installation from 22.10 to 23.04. AFAICT, everything went smoothly. But after the upgrade, the virtual consoles at Ctrl+Alt+F# are missing: if I press e.g. Ctrl+Alt+F2, ...
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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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ctrl-alt-FN-f7 is active GUI console 22.04 LTS Dell Precision 7560 -- how do I change this?
Can't use Ctrl-Alt-Fn with Ubuntu 22.04
In some [laptop] computers you may need to use ctrl + alt +Fn + F3 (in other words the function key together with F3 ...) to get the desired action.
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Terminal Output Redirected to another user's terminal
I wanted to know if it would be possible to redirect the output of my terminal into another user's (that is part of my group) terminal.
For example, I would like to be able to execute this command :
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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 ...
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How to open .DD file to analyze it?
I am new to this process and I'm struggling a bit. I was given a .dd file to analyze as an assignment in my current college course. I am using Sans Sift in a virtual box environment, but I have no ...
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ctrl+alt+f1( or f2...) is a black screen. (Ubuntu20.04, Gnome, gdm3)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS startup with gdm3 can normally show the login window.
But, When I type ctrl+alt+f1( or f2...), the screen goes black.
I'm a beginner. I've tried every "fix" I've found ...
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Can't display virtual console [duplicate]
I got stuck on a login loop and to try to fix it, I need to access a terminal. I pressed CTRL+ALT+F1-6 but the GUI just freezes and I don't get a terminal. If I CTRL+ALT+F7, I'm back to the GUI where ...
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Enable Ctrl+Alt+F1 Virtual Consoles in GNOME (Ubuntu 17.04+)
In previous versions of Ubuntu, Ctrl+Alt+F1 through F6 opened up virtual consoles. On Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 Ctrl+Alt+F1 opens another GUI and the others do nothing.
How do I restore the old behavior?
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How can I customize a full-screen console background (TTY)?
I used to use full-screen consoles (those opened with Ctrl+Alt+F1...F6) actively and have come to an idea that I would like to try decorating it with a "wallpaper" of a sort (a rather dark and ...
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After attempting to upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 login LightDM is black (blinking cursor), can't access v-terminal or recovery mode
I attempted to upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 to no avail. After some issues I restarted my computer and now the login screen is just black with occasionally a blinking grey cursor in the top left.
I've ...
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Increase terminal font size on focus
I can normally change terminal font size using mouse and +/-
I need multipane terminal with four panes/windows that the focused pane automatically increases font size on focus and restores the normal ...
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How to exit the virtual terminal? [duplicate]
After I press ctrl + alt + f4 the virtual terminal appears but I can't exit anymore because it is always back to "input username" and "password". Any idea how to go back to my desktop?
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What is difference between /dev/vcs, /dev/vcsu and /dev/vcsa? Why are there so many of them?
I know about vcs and vcsa by reading this but I find nothing regarding vcsu.
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Virtual consoles on Ubuntu
In This link is mentioned that Linux GUI is installed on tty7, but when I change my consoles using Ctrl+Alt+F1-F7 and check it by the command tty, I see that I have a GUI on my tty1 and tty2.
I'd like ...
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How to reset/fix terminal sessoins (server), after I've killed its PID?
I was trying to kill responded window so I used kill -9 PID
and the PID was the ID of /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server by mistake. Now, every time I start terminal (even if it is a virtual terminal) ...
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Never seen this screen before not sure what to do
I recently upgraded to Windows 11. I am not sure if this is what caused the problem or if it is some other underlying issue, but I tried to boot Ubuntu today using Oracle VirtualBox and I was greeted ...
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What is a virtual terminal for?
When I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 it goes to virtual terminal.
What is this virtual terminal for? When do you need to use it?
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How to close virtual terminal? [duplicate]
I opened terminal pressed
Ctrl-Alt-F2
I saw virtual terminal. I couldn't return to Graphical desktop.
I pressed power button.
I again pressed power button.
It displays
/dev/nvme0n1p1:clean, 294223/...
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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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Disable CTRL+ALT+F4 switching to virtual terminal
Is there a way that I can stop the Ctrl+Alt+F4 key combination from switching to a virtual terminal? I still want the other key combinations to switch to terminals - I just want to change the F4 one ...
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Disable virtual console hotkeys Ctrl+Alt+F7 and higher
On Linux systems Ctrl+Alt+F1 thru F6 open virtual terminals. It seems like there are only 6 of these. Sometimes F7 may also be used for the window manager but at least on my current system (18.04) it ...
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Is it possible to have dual monitors using a virtual terminal?
I'm a bit of a command line nuthead.
I have a computer with dual monitors. Its setup works just fine in X11 - dual monitors, where my desktop stretches all the way across.
However, what I would like ...
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Ubuntu stuck on blank screen with blinking cursor
I am running Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04.2 dual boot on a Lenovo Thinkpad. The setup has been working fine for me for 6+ months.
The laptop was on with the lid closed and the charging cable got ...
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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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What's the RGB values for Ubuntu's default terminal (Unity)?
I'm running Windows Subsystem for Linux and the color in Windows console is bad. I like the color palette in Ubuntu 16.04 very much. I've already known how to change the colors in a Windows console, ...
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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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Exit virtual terminal
I'm using letest version on Ubuntu, I'm entered Virtual Terminal how to I exit. Some body says press ctrl+alt+7 or ctrl+alt+8 but its worked as same what can i do. I have important details on my ...
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Can I run multiple desktop environments at once (via CTRL+ALT+F1/F2/etc.) and if so, how?
I am always interested in new ways to multi-task. I have learned that you get a terminal when CTRL+ALT+F2/F3/etc. is pressed. Is there a way to start another desktop environment in one so that I could ...
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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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Why does virtual terminal throw error on eval while Gnome Terminal works?
I sometimes use the virtual terminal on my Ubuntu (18.04.5) laptop and commands return error.
For example I do:
Ctrl+Alt+F3
login on my account
bob@mylaptop:$ ls
file1 file2 file3
-bash: eval: line ...
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How do I choose which monitor that my virtual console is on?
I turn on virtual console and when I do, it uses my first monitor when I want it to use my second monitor. I don't know how to select which monitor it goes on, I have also tried to do primary monitor ...
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Ubuntu main directory
Good day
I want to make
/mnt/c/Users/joey/Desktop
as my default directoy so when I close then open my terminal it will be my main default directoy
thanks
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Virtual serial port software
Is there any software for Ubuntu 14.04 which allows one to open virtual serial ports?
I mean a virtual serial terminal... I need to open a serial port like ttyS0 without actually connecting any ...
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How to increase font size in virtual console (tty) in Ubuntu 20.04 on 4k screen? Or how to change the resolution?
I am using a dell XPS 13 laptop with 4k screen and the text on the virtual console is very small. I would like to increase the font size. With the command sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup I took:
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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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Error starting penguin container: 15 Launching vmshell failed: Error starting crostini for terminal: 15|| What to do?
So I tried to download steam but it went wrong so I tried to uninstall it. It then said that there was an error and that I should try uninstalling it through the terminal. I didn't know how to ...
