Questions tagged [tty]
A tty (teletypewriter) is a Unix command that prints to standard output the name of the terminal connected to standard input. It is typically called a terminal. the first local terminal is referred to as tty1 and resides in /dev/tty1
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Two gui TTY at startup, how to disable on of them?
I have installed ubuntu 24.04 recently, and I noticed that by default my GUI is on TTY2, but weirdly, TTY1 also has a gui open, waiting for me to login. TTY3 to TTY7 are normal command prompts.
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How to get out of tty mode?
I ended up here using "Sudo reboot" . I can switch between ttys 1-6. I tried installing SDDM on tty1 and it now has a login screen and a box to write password but it takes no action after ...
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Stuck in tty mode
I am stuck in tty mode in Ubuntu. Can't use apt install commands because internet does not work. How do I back to gui mode?
Pressing Ctrl + Alt + F7 to switch directly to GUI mode does not work
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"Oh no" something has gone wrong with neither TTY access nor recovery mode after Upgrade to 24.04 [duplicate]
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 and after a system reboot, only a white background page with message "Oh no, something has gone wrong" appears and I neither have access to a TTY ...
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Should I daemonize shell-like process with systemd and connect its StdIn/Out/Err to (pseudo)terminal and if, how?
I want systemd to daemonize a shell-like process (to be specific: an EPICS IOC) so that I the interface is accessible after it is started during booting. Usually, a specific watchdog is calling a ...
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Unable to boot into GUI on Ubuntu, stuck at tty1
I'm encountering an issue with my Ubuntu system where it boots into tty1 instead of the graphical user interface (GUI) after startup. Here are the steps I've taken and the details of the problem:
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Ubuntu can not read data from usb serial port
I have a device (barcode scanner) that when I plug into my laptop, this record is added when running lsusb command:
Bus 003 Device 070: ID 1a86:7523 QinHeng Electronics HL-340 USB-Serial adapter
This ...
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Xubuntu on MacBook2,1 2006 boots to grub tty
I’m trying to install xubuntu 22.04 LTS on my MacBook2,1 from 2006. I followed these steps to get the usb booting: Installing ubuntu 20.04 on MacBook 2,1 (2007) (couldn’t do step 3 and so on because ...
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systemctl what are these processes?
sys-devices-platform-serial8250-serial8250:0-serial8250:0.0-tty-ttyS0.device loaded active plugged /sys/devices/platform/serial8250/serial8250:0/serial8250:0.0/tty/ttyS0
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Forced to be in tty1 when switching another tty
I have GUI problem on ubuntu 22.04, when I switch to another tty with CTRL+ALT+F(2/3/4/5/5) so that I can interact with CLI, the OS will redirect me to tty1 (main display) back after 1 second which I ...
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Ubuntu boots to tty with no network and no Desktop GUI
Ubuntu 20.04.
I was trying to upgrade python 3.8 and did a bunch of apt-get update/upgrade followed by commands to try to finally remove python. While still in the Desktop GUI I noticed the terminal ...
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Can´t start terminal in any way, or TTY, after installing Python 3.12 on Ubuntu 20.04 [duplicate]
After installing Python 3.12 on Ubuntu 20.04 I cant start the Terminal in any way, nor can I start TTY to solve the problem. Any ideas?
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Bash not working in TTY/gnome-termina/Xterm
I opened the terminal today and all I could see was this white blinking bar:
I opened Xterm and there is the same problem. Also, TTY doesn't work well, I can login and then I cannot type anything. I ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 . Screen extends beyond monitor in tty/console mode
Adter upgrading to 20.04 the default resolution of 1920x1080 makes screen window extend beyond my monitor
I can switch to a lower resolution in the graphic mode (1680x1050 works fine for me) but ...
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Login loop - Squares instead of letters in the username
After upgrading to Ubuntu 23.10, I got a login loop problem. Also when I try to login through the tty, typing in a user gets these rectangles instead of the letters. When entering numbers, they are ...
