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 tty consoles (CTRL-ALT-Fn)?
Also with the transition to SystemD and Gnome, has the tty console number actually drop? I seem to struggle sometimes opening even one, let alone several, and often end up with a behavior in which several (CTRL-ALT-Fn) combinations all lead to a GUI rather than a tty.
I am running a combo of Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10 across several machines, if it matters.
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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 tty consoles (CTRL-ALT-Fn)?
Also with the transition to SystemD and Gnome, has the tty console number actually drop? I seem to struggle sometimes opening even one, let alone several, and often end up with a behavior in which several (CTRL-ALT-Fn) combinations all lead to a GUI rather than a tty.
I am running a combo of Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10 across several machines, if it matters.
command-line tty console virtual-console
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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 tty consoles (CTRL-ALT-Fn)?
Also with the transition to SystemD and Gnome, has the tty console number actually drop? I seem to struggle sometimes opening even one, let alone several, and often end up with a behavior in which several (CTRL-ALT-Fn) combinations all lead to a GUI rather than a tty.
I am running a combo of Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10 across several machines, if it matters.
command-line tty console virtual-console
asked 2 hours ago
hazizhaziz
1,50752843
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 tty consoles (CTRL-ALT-Fn)?
Also with the transition to SystemD and Gnome, has the tty console number actually drop? I seem to struggle sometimes opening even one, let alone several, and often end up with a behavior in which several (CTRL-ALT-Fn) combinations all lead to a GUI rather than a tty.
I am running a combo of Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10 across several machines, if it matters.
command-line tty console virtual-console
command-line tty console virtual-console
asked 2 hours ago
hazizhaziz
1,50752843
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hazizhaziz
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hazizhaziz
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Before answering your question, I would rather point you to use something like screen or tmux.
But if you insist on using ttys, you can spawn a new one with:
sudo systemctl start getty@ttyN.service
with N being a number not already in use.
You could change the default number of ttys started at boot (6) to something else by editing /etc/systemd/logind.conf and uncommenting the first line and change the number 6 to something else like:
[Login]
NAutoVTs=7
Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getty
answered 1 hour ago
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I did tinker with tmux, briefly, a few years ago. I did not find it particularly intuitive. Swapping between several tty consoles, is however, brain-dead simple. I know it sounds strange coming from a die-hard Emacs fan!
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Before answering your question, I would rather point you to use something like screen or tmux.
But if you insist on using ttys, you can spawn a new one with:
sudo systemctl start getty@ttyN.service
with N being a number not already in use.
You could change the default number of ttys started at boot (6) to something else by editing /etc/systemd/logind.conf and uncommenting the first line and change the number 6 to something else like:
[Login]
NAutoVTs=7
Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getty
answered 1 hour ago
solsTiCesolsTiCe
6,15332049
I did tinker with tmux, briefly, a few years ago. I did not find it particularly intuitive. Swapping between several tty consoles, is however, brain-dead simple. I know it sounds strange coming from a die-hard Emacs fan!
– haziz
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Before answering your question, I would rather point you to use something like screen or tmux.
But if you insist on using ttys, you can spawn a new one with:
sudo systemctl start getty@ttyN.service
with N being a number not already in use.
You could change the default number of ttys started at boot (6) to something else by editing /etc/systemd/logind.conf and uncommenting the first line and change the number 6 to something else like:
[Login]
NAutoVTs=7
Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getty
answered 1 hour ago
solsTiCesolsTiCe
6,15332049
I did tinker with tmux, briefly, a few years ago. I did not find it particularly intuitive. Swapping between several tty consoles, is however, brain-dead simple. I know it sounds strange coming from a die-hard Emacs fan!
– haziz
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Before answering your question, I would rather point you to use something like screen or tmux.
But if you insist on using ttys, you can spawn a new one with:
sudo systemctl start getty@ttyN.service
with N being a number not already in use.
You could change the default number of ttys started at boot (6) to something else by editing /etc/systemd/logind.conf and uncommenting the first line and change the number 6 to something else like:
[Login]
NAutoVTs=7
Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getty
answered 1 hour ago
solsTiCesolsTiCe
6,15332049
Before answering your question, I would rather point you to use something like screen or tmux.
But if you insist on using ttys, you can spawn a new one with:
sudo systemctl start getty@ttyN.service
with N being a number not already in use.
You could change the default number of ttys started at boot (6) to something else by editing /etc/systemd/logind.conf and uncommenting the first line and change the number 6 to something else like:
[Login]
NAutoVTs=7
Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getty
answered 1 hour ago
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6,15332049
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answered 1 hour ago
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I did tinker with tmux, briefly, a few years ago. I did not find it particularly intuitive. Swapping between several tty consoles, is however, brain-dead simple. I know it sounds strange coming from a die-hard Emacs fan!
– haziz
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I did tinker with tmux, briefly, a few years ago. I did not find it particularly intuitive. Swapping between several tty consoles, is however, brain-dead simple. I know it sounds strange coming from a die-hard Emacs fan!
– haziz
1 hour ago
I did tinker with tmux, briefly, a few years ago. I did not find it particularly intuitive. Swapping between several tty consoles, is however, brain-dead simple. I know it sounds strange coming from a die-hard Emacs fan!
– haziz
1 hour ago
I did tinker with tmux, briefly, a few years ago. I did not find it particularly intuitive. Swapping between several tty consoles, is however, brain-dead simple. I know it sounds strange coming from a die-hard Emacs fan!
– haziz
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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