Questions tagged [virtual-terminal]
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Show Virtualbox Virtual Terminals in Different Windows
We can switch between virtual terminals in Virtualbox with CTRL+ALT+FX.
Is there a way to display these in different windows, so we can see them side by side?
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(Unusable) Virtual terminals?
On many Linux installations, I have seen that Alt+Ctrl+F[1-6] will bring up a shell "outside" display/window manager, and Ctrl+Alt+F7 (sometimes F6) will back the window manager / GUI. Combinations ...
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Is it possible to insert a spacer on the left side of gnu screen?
Some monitors cut off the leftmost column in a virtual terminal. Is it possible with gnu screen to begin at the second column, so as to not have any cells that are not visible?
I would be interested ...
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Ubuntu virtual terminal cursor style resetting
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 and using one of the virtual terminals (TTY[1-6], accessible via Ctrl-Alt-F[1-6]); I want to permanently change the appearance of my cursor from the apparent default, a ...
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What's the relationship between multiplexer and terminal?
Recently, I learned there's this tmux tool.
in wiki, it defines tmux is a terminal multiplexer and I kinda get the idea of what it is capable of.
But I'm a little confused about the relationship ...
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Running a game using 3D acceleration in separate virtual terminal slow unless running as root
I put together a simple script for running Neverwinter Nights from a separate virtual terminal:
#!/bin/bash
read -r -d '' myrcfile <<'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
cd /path/to/game
./nwn
EOF
XINITRC=<(...
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Virtual terminal with at least 16bit color?
It's 2013 and there should be terminals with more than 256 colors by now (you'd think).
Are there any terminals with more than 8bit colors (usually from 8 bit we jump to 16bit) to use with linux?
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How to display a message upon login to specific tty
In /etc/securetty I commented out tty2 and tty3:
#tty2
#tty3
This succesfully disables root login for these two terminals for root.
But is it possible to display a message such as "root login is ...
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How to switch between Linux virtual terminals over serial?
How do you switch between Linux virtual terminals over a serial terminal connection?
I'm trying to install Debian on a Beagleboard via the serial console. I'm using screen (screen /dev/ttyUSB0 ...
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Change Linux console screen blanking behavior
How do I change the screen blanking behavior on Linux virtual terminals?
For example, if I switch to a VT from X, login, and leave the system alone for 5 minutes or so, the screen will blank like a ...
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Terminal proxy or screen without terminal emulation
How can I make terminal applications immune to terminal emulator close, but still able to use all virtual terminal features?
\begin{UPDATE}
I want my terminal application remain alive and accessible ...
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xorg DPMS off: keep VT from turning screen back on
I have an embedded board with a small UPS. When AC power goes down, I need to turn off all power hungry devices in order to have a clean shutdown.
First thing I do, is set DPMS to force powerdown, ...
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How to switch to non-graphical view in ubuntu?
I've recently installed Ubuntu. It's graphical; how can I switch to command-line mode so that everything is to be typed, like DOS?
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