Questions tagged [tty]
A tty (teletypewriter) is a Unix command that prints to standard output the name of the terminal connected to standard input. It is typically called a terminal. the first local terminal is referred to as tty1 and resides in /dev/tty1
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Cant get out from command window when accidentaly pressed Ctrl alt F1
When I pressed that command, I couldnt get out, I tried rebooting from command line, restarting the service gmd3 which is the graphics service, I tried ctrl alt f7-f12 and nothing happened, even with ...
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/dev/nvme0n1p2: [ 4.772818] Bluetooth: hci0: Malformed MSFT vendor event: 0x02
Goal: Boot to GUI Login.
Had warnings of disk being almost full. Deleted some conda venvs and docker images. Crashed immediately upon executing run of docker image.
Error at Bootup:
[ 0.453097] ACPI ...
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Why won't my tty1 let me login?
I have a raspberry pi 400, and earlier this week I was attempting to change some settings. When my computer rebooted, It showed the tty1 and asked for my login and password. I know both of these by ...
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How to move back from tty to GUI in ubuntu version 22.04
My ubuntu version is 22.04 LTS after running sudo apt autoremove many thing from my ubuntu remove like ubuntu terminal and other applications so i press ctrl alt F12 them tty terminal opened I ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 now boots to a TTY
My laptop at home runs Ubuntu 23.04, and has worked well for some time. Last night I was prompted to do an update, which I did as usual using apt from a terminal, and all appeared to complete ...
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How to switch to CLI mode
I am using MacBook M1 Pro and I have installed Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS on UTM VM.
I want to use ubuntu in CLI mode how can I switch, like in windows we have an option Ctlr Alt F3 and Crtl Alt F1 to switch ...
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tty frozen/no login on ubuntu 22.04
On Ubuntu 22.04 after upgrade I can no loger login using ctrl alt f5 or similar.
Instead I get a locked up screen showing the boot progress but no prompt for login.
In fact I have the same issue on ...
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How to disable prompt auto clear in Ubuntu
When starting Ubuntu in Hyper-V VM, (See picture 1), Ubuntu will auto clear the test login: prompt text at around 22 seconds. (See picture 2)
Now press Enter to make the prompt text appear again. (See ...
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Choose from session type from tty
I am new to running native Ubuntu 22.04, only have used it with other distros on a WSL.
Is it possible to have my system boot to tty from where I can login to my user and then choose between a normal ...
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TTY Login prompt text disappears after 30 seconds
we have an Ubuntu 20.04 which starts only with an TTY and no GUI.
After our customized /etc/issue is shown to the user the command prompt will be shown only for 30 seconds. The best solution should be ...
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When I plug in an FTDI USB adapter I don't get /dev/ttyUSB0 created. I do get /sys/class/USB/ttyUSB0
The Vendor ID and Product ID are 0403 6001. lsmod shows:
usbserial 40960 2 pl2303,ftdi_sio
What is missing that is needed to create the /dev/ttyUSB0 so that I can access the device with ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 stuck on boot in tty with no network
I've had a problem with my python3 installation while trying to upgrade it from 3.6 to 3.8 in order to make streamdeck-ui work, and it seems that I broke Ubuntu on my desktop.
On boot, I briefly see ...
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Exited from the main page of Ubuntu [duplicate]
I tried to delete python with sudo apt purge -y python 3-minimal and this happened.
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How to access GUI from TTY
Ubuntu enters tty mode with itself I'm trying to go back to GUI by using ctrl+alt with F1-F12 but It doesn't work. In addition, when I'm trying to update by using sudo apt update it gives me errors ...
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Cannot discover USB device port?
I am trying to find this a micro controller device that's plugged in with a USB to my computer and ideally I want open up the port that it's connected to. Problem is that I cannot find the device's ...
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How do I fix my machine after purging ca-certificates?
I have done a very silly thing by running the following command.
sudo apt-get purge postfix mailutils libsasl2-2 ca-certificates libsasl2-modules
This has left my machine without a network connection ...
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Lost ttyUSB0, Cannot open /dev/ttyUSB0: No such device or address
Previously I used putty with ttyUSB0 to read the serial log in my SmartBox, but by accident I couldn't read it anymore and when I checked, my ttyUSB0 file on Ubuntu 18.04 was lost. I have tried to fix ...
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Desktop environment missing
I had installed Radeon graphics drivers which messed up my system. It was unable to boot. So I went into the GRUB menu and uninstalled all the Radeon drivers, gave a nomodest login in the shell. After ...
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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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Auditd TTY Settings for Ubuntu Server 20.04
I am on Ubuntu 20.04 Server. I have auditd installed and configured.
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How can enable TTY logging via auditd?
In /etc/auditd/rules.d/audit.rules I have:
-w /etc/securetty -p wa -k login
-w /...
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Stuck in TTY1 screen
I installed Ubuntu 22.10 yesterday. Today when I turned it on it shows Ubuntu version my computer name TTY1 asks for my computer login but it's not working it says
Dev loop12: unable to read RDB block ...
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Difference between F1 and F2 in Linux Consoles
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
I was experimenting with the TTY consoles that are Ctrl+Fn+Alt+F3, F4, F5, and up. I noticed that F1 and F2 both seem to be the graphical desktop. F2 is the one that I ...
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After setting fish shell default all commands are unknown
After I set fish shell default and rebooting I cannot login (because I am using sddm) and every command that I type in tty are unknown. I don’t know how to fix it.
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Problem booting ubuntu after uninstalling KDE
Whenever I boot my ubuntu system it goes into tty mode, there is no gui.
Every time I boot I have to use startx in tty to access my desktop.
I installed KDE plasma a long time ago without deleting ...
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What is /proc/85/root/tty & why am I seeing it written to every 1 second?
I'm watching which files / directories are being written to on my Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS installation (kernel v. 5.15.0-52-generic).
Suddenly I'm seeing writes to /proc/85/root/tty every 1 second.
I know ...
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Ubuntu installation problem on Asus n46vm
My laptop is Asus n46vm with the following specifications:
(Core_i7 ,memory:6 ,hard:1tera)
After installing Ubuntu version 22.04.1 LTS and restarting at the last stage of installation, the laptop does ...
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how to add back Ubuntu 22 GUI login session
I run this command on my ubuntu 22 "sudo apt-get purge libelf-dev", then it removed lots of packages. but after that, my network is disconnected, I tried to re-connect the WIFI, but I cannot ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 black screen no tty
After upgrading Ubuntu from 20.04 to 22.04, my system became significantly sluggish which made me decide to use the xorg env instead of wayland. This didn’t work by just choosing xorg in the login ...
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Can I switch to a different PTS session opened using SSH
I'm using ssh to connect to a Ubuntu Server VM running on my desktop from both the desktop and my laptop like this:
krzysztof@Alan: ~$ ▶ w
13:53:46 up 1 day, 18:03, 7 users, load average: 0.32, 0....
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Ubuntu 20.04.2 stuck at tty screen
Recently I tried to update my Ubuntu to 20.04.2 (after getting too many notification about it).
As newbie I follow some instructions, then found myself on this dark screen. Help me to return to my ...
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Plymouth, SDDM and TTY, all use 4K even after setting the resolution to 1440p in settings. (Everything switches to 1440p after logging in)
I have a 1440p monitor but, for some reason, it supports 4K which looks terrible given it's not a native resolution. On Windows, it correctly recognized 1440p as the "Recommended" resolution ...
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Unable to access tty in Ubuntu 18.04
I'm unable to access tty in my Ubuntu 18.04 system. After I installed the Nvidia proprietary drivers and rebooted my system, My screen just turned black. I have searched for shortcuts to enter tty to ...
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modesetting driver with AccelMethod glamor - tty Problem
I switched my system (Xubuntu 20.04.05 LTS) from the intel driver to the modesetting driver with AccelMethod glamor. If I start my system, everything works well, the system shows still the graphics ...
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Limit TTY via SSH to local Network
I'm setting up a JumpHost for my local network, and would like to not allow TTY from outside, but would also like to have it enabled for connections from inside the network. Is that possible, and if ...
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20.04 LTS terminal not accepting input
I have been trying to input into the terminal with the keyboard, however, it only shows a blinking white cursor. I have tried CTRL+ALT+F3 to go into tty. Again, I cannot input any characters into this ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS laptop boots to tty1 screen
I have installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS in my Dell Vostro 5568, it was booting normally but later on, after an update, it always boots to the tty1 screen and I have to enter the username and password ...
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Weird log in problem with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
I've been trying to figure this one out all day, and I'm no closer, so I've come to seek ideas.
I have a server instance of 20.04 LTS running on a dell blade, it's ran for years with no problems, ...
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Prevent Ubuntu (GDM?) from locking when switching to another TTY
In TTY3 I use a simple window manager as my main working area, but sometimes I need to test stuff in a full Gnome environment, so I use it on TTY1, just as the default on a clean Ubuntu install.
But ...
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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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Ubuntu Server: How to have a lightweight terminal with unicode and 256-color support
When I SSH into the server, I can see full 256 color and Unicode characters from programs like btop. However, on the physical display of the server computer, there appears to be only 16 colors (...
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Terminal launches to a blinking cursor
After a package installation using apt, all terminals stop working. To be more specific, I was getting a message every time I opened any terminal on my system:
Command 'ng' not found, but can be ...
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Understanding "tty" and "ttyS"?
As I know
tty1 for gui login page
tty2 for gui using
tty3-6 for user using
What are tty0,tty7-tty63 and ttyS0-ttyS31 used for?
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What is the purpose of ctrl+alt+f8? [duplicate]
I was trying to execute Node Exec on my computer, it was not working then I tried this combination ctrl+alt+f8, it opened a black terminal, what is it for?
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I don't know how to use console line on linux
I'm a student and I need to use a console cable to connect a Cisco switch
but i don't know how to use it in linux
Below is my device information：
Linux xianyu-ThinkBook-14-G4-IAP 5.15.0-39-generic #42-...
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22.04 TTY not working
I have a 2-channel thermometer (Mastech 6514) that sends temperature data from a coffee roaster to a graphical monitoring program called Artisan (https://artisan-scope.org/). Artisan read the data ...
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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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Kernel sees ttyACM2 but does not create an entry in /dev/
When I plug an M5Stack StampC3U device in my Ubuntu machine, the kernel sees it, as dmesg will report:
cdc_acm 1-8:1.0: ttyACM2: USB ACM device
But to my surprise, the Arduino IDE does not let me ...
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ubuntu 21.10 boot problem[tty1]
I am facing such a problem while booting my computer:
I’m using Ubuntu 21.10. Does anyone know how I can solve this?
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Increase TTY resolution
My default resolution might be to high and consequently the text is much to small. I managed to increase the resolution for GRUB menu But still struggling with TTY.
I tried:
add GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=...
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How to enable: Switch back to running GUI from TTY in 20.04 LTS
I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and an important feature is missing: the option to switch between GUI and TTY.
From the GUI I can switch to one of 4 TTY, by Ctrl-Alt-F3 to Ctrl-Alt-F6. I can ...
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