Questions tagged [virtual-consoles]
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Opening PDF in Virtual Console
I get the concept of Virtual console from "The Linux Command Line by William Shotts". How can I open a PDF file in virtual console? I ask because the virtual console feels raw and free from ...
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Is there a way to get Win+Ctrl and Win+Alt to be sent as Ctrl and Alt, respectively, in a web-based virtual console?
At least as recently as Linux Mint 20, a behavior existed where Win+Ctrl would be the be sent to a web-based virtual console as Ctrl and Win+Alt would be sent as Alt, which would prevent browser ...
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Where can I get additional *console* (ie. virtual-terminal) fonts? Or convert other font formats?
Where can I get/download additional Console / Virtual-Terminal (on F1 through F6) fonts - especially larger ones? I'm here talking about the font that can be set with the setfont command. Also, are ...
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Is the difference between physical terminal and Linux virtual terminal the use of serial cable?
In the early days of computing, the setup is usually like this: and we call the VT-100 "physical terminal". But in Linux, we call virtual terminals "virtual" (the ones accessed by ...
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Browser (and other programs?) opens in the current X session the first time, then on the same session even if launched from another X session
Please, correct me if the wording of the title is wrong, as I do want to understand the correct terminology too. The think is, I can swtich using Ctrl+Alt+F N between different window managers each ...
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Since when it is possible to open multiple DE/WM in different consoles?
I remember some time ago I couldn't start X in two consoles at the same time. What I mean, if I had i3 running on tty7, I could do Ctrl+Alt+F6 to go to tty6, I could log in, but I couldn't start ...
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Letters don't appear in virtual consoles in debian
Firstly, I switched to some virtual console with Ctrl+Alt+F2-6 even right after installing Debian 11 with KDE and, secondly, I tried to type something in that console. No letters appear, but it works ...
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Questions about tty
Why are there so many ttys? Are multiple tty necessary? Why are multiple things spread in different ttys? For eg i have the runit logs on tty1, wm on tty7, and a blinking white cursor on the corner of ...
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