3:23 a.m.
hi all,
i went to use a virtual console recently on my fedora workstation and found
it not available.
worse, google provides No insight how to build a virtual console service.
i thought i recall a process to clone/config a getty service and thereby
enable the virtual consoles.
is there a clue y'all might point me to so i can use my ctl alt f[1-?] ??
tia, jackc...
6:58 a.m.
Hi Jack,
What does:
systemctl status systemd-vconsole-setup.service
return ?
And I assume that you try virtual console when working with
Xwindows mode (as u mentioned ctrl/alt/1-7, and not with terminal
console mode, right?
Also, is it Fedora 25 ?
(BTW, once it happened to me, quite a time ago, that the ctrl/alt/1..6
did not work, but ctrl/alt/7..14, not sure what was the reason.)
Regards,
Rami Rosen
On 3 December 2016 at 11:23, Jack Craig <jack.craig.aptos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i went to use a virtual console recently on my fedora workstation and found
> it not available.
>
> worse, google provides No insight how to build a virtual console service.
> i thought i recall a process to clone/config a getty service and thereby
> enable the virtual consoles.
>
> is there a clue y'all might point me to so i can use my ctl alt f[1-?] ??
>
> tia, jackc...
>
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10:58 a.m.
On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 4:58 AM, Rami Rosen <roszenrami(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Jack,
What does:
systemctl status systemd-vconsole-setup.service
return ?
And I assume that you try virtual console when working with
Xwindows mode (as u mentioned ctrl/alt/1-7, and not with terminal
console mode, right?
Also, is it Fedora 25 ?
(BTW, once it happened to me, quite a time ago, that the ctrl/alt/1..6
did not work, but ctrl/alt/7..14, not sure what was the reason.)
Regards,
Rami Rosen
On 3 December 2016 at 11:23, Jack Craig <jack.craig.aptos(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i went to use a virtual console recently on my fedora workstation and
found
> it not available.
>
> worse, google provides No insight how to build a virtual console service.
> i thought i recall a process to clone/config a getty service and thereby
> enable the virtual consoles.
>
> is there a clue y'all might point me to so i can use my ctl alt f[1-?] ??
>
> tia, jackc...
>
> _______________________________________________
> users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>
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sudo systemctl status systemd-vconsole-setup.service
[sudo] password for jackc:
● systemd-vconsole-setup.service - Setup Virtual Console
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-vconsole-setup.service;
static; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (exited) since Sat 2016-12-03 08:30:10 PST; 25min ago
Docs: man:systemd-vconsole-setup.service(8)
man:vconsole.conf(5)
Main PID: 234 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-vconsole-setup.service
Dec 03 08:30:10 ws.linuxlighthouse.com systemd[1]: Started Setup Virtual
Console.
Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is
incomplete or unavailable.
[jackc@ws ~]$
12:08 p.m.
On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 4:58 AM, Rami Rosen <roszenrami(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Jack,
What does:
systemctl status systemd-vconsole-setup.service
return ?
And I assume that you try virtual console when working with
Xwindows mode (as u mentioned ctrl/alt/1-7, and not with terminal
console mode, right?
Also, is it Fedora 25 ?
sorry, no, F23.
i was about to upgrade and listing next os needs to do.
thx...
1:46 a.m.
On 12/03/2016 01:23 AM, Jack Craig wrote:
i went to use a virtual console recently on my fedora workstation
and
found it not available.
worse, google provides No insight how to build a virtual console service.
i thought i recall a process to clone/config a getty service and thereby
enable the virtual consoles.
is there a clue y'all might point me to so i can use my ctl alt f[1-?] ??
They should automatically get created when you switch to them. However,
remember that F1 is GDM and F2 is your user session, so the first
available console is F3. Sometimes it takes a few seconds for it to
start up, but it should be there.
2:03 a.m.
On 12/04/16 15:46, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 12/03/2016 01:23 AM, Jack Craig wrote:
> i went to use a virtual console recently on my fedora workstation and
> found it not available.
>
> worse, google provides No insight how to build a virtual console service.
> i thought i recall a process to clone/config a getty service and thereby
> enable the virtual consoles.
>
> is there a clue y'all might point me to so i can use my ctl alt f[1-?] ??
>
They should automatically get created when you switch to them. However, remember that
F1 is GDM and F2 is your user session, so the first available console is F3. Sometimes
it takes a few seconds for it to start up, but it should be there.
FWIW, that isn't true on my system.
ctl-alt-F2 brings up a VC just fine. F1 is my GUI/KDE session. I run SDDM as my Display
Manager. I suppose things can be different if using GDM. If I get the time I'll
switch
to GDM on a system to check this out.
--
You're Welcome Zachary Quinto
2:13 a.m.
On 12/04/2016 12:03 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
FWIW, that isn't true on my system.
ctl-alt-F2 brings up a VC just fine. F1 is my GUI/KDE session. I run SDDM as my
Display
Manager. I suppose things can be different if using GDM. If I get the time I'll
switch
to GDM on a system to check this out.
Interesting, I've only dealt with GDM. Can you switch users with that
configuration? Because with GDM, console 1 is the user login screen, so
switch users changes back to that console to login a different user,
leaving the other user session still available.
2:33 a.m.
On 12/04/16 16:13, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 12/04/2016 12:03 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> FWIW, that isn't true on my system.
>
> ctl-alt-F2 brings up a VC just fine. F1 is my GUI/KDE session. I run SDDM as my
Display
> Manager. I suppose things can be different if using GDM. If I get the time I'll
switch
> to GDM on a system to check this out.
>
Interesting, I've only dealt with GDM. Can you switch users with that configuration?
Because with GDM, console 1 is the user login screen, so switch users changes back to
that console to login a different user, leaving the other user session still available.
Yes, SDDM allows for and gives you a "switch user" option in the
"Leave" menu of KDE. I
don't use it since I've no use for that option.
I'll give GDM a try after my dinner as well as seeing if switching user has any effect
on
the VC options.
--
You're Welcome Zachary Quinto
5:54 a.m.
On 12/04/16 16:13, Samuel Sieb wrote:
Interesting, I've only dealt with GDM. Can you switch users with
that configuration?
Because with GDM, console 1 is the user login screen, so switch users changes back to
that console to login a different user, leaving the other user session still available.
FWIW, SDDM handles switch user differently than GDM.
GDM runs as a single process on vt1 and takes care of all user logins. On my system vt2,
vt3, etc are available via C-A-F2, C-A-F3, etc. If you switch to vt2 and then back to vt1
there will be options to "unlock" one of the 2 sessions.
SDDM will spawn a copy of itself to login the switched to user. So, initially SDDM is
running on vt1 but when you invoke switch-user it will spawn a copy to vt2. So, after
that you C-A-F1 brings you to the first user and C-A-F2 gets you to the second user and
C-A-F3, etc will have console logins.
I could not successfully get a second user with either GDM or SDDM. The GUI failed to
fully come up. Not sure if it is due to the low end and low resources available on my
test system or if there is some sort of resource conflict with the 2 users.
--
You're Welcome Zachary Quinto
2:27 a.m.
On 12/03/2016 11:46 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
They should automatically get created when you switch to them.
However,
remember that F1 is GDM and F2 is your user session, so the first
available console is F3. Sometimes it takes a few seconds for it to
start up, but it should be there.
Interesting. I'm using Xfce and lightdm and F1 is my user session and
F2 is available as a text console.
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