Re: missing virtual consoles

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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
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