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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: tinypad on July 11, 2009, 01:45:44 PM

Title: Virtual Consoles on CLI - How to switch?
Post by: tinypad on July 11, 2009, 01:45:44 PM

Hi guys, With my old distro I could change the virtual consoles with ALT + 1,2,3....  How do I do this with TCL?  I boot with the text flag.

Have a great weekend!

Title: Re: Virtual Consoles on CLI - How to switch?
Post by: ^thehatsrule^ on July 11, 2009, 02:17:20 PM

I thought that the standard key combo for moving directly was ctrl+alt+F# (ie F1)
(Do you need to use the different key combo?)

Also, note that by default TC does not invoke extra vterms (see inittab)

Title: Re: Virtual Consoles on CLI - How to switch?
Post by: samedirection on July 11, 2009, 03:11:26 PM

The default is ALT + F1/F2/F3..., but you have to press CTRL+ALT to get out of X and back to a terminal. 

But as ^hats says, you'll first have to tell TC to start some virtual terminals.

Title: Re: Virtual Consoles on CLI - How to switch?
Post by: tinypad on July 12, 2009, 01:15:49 AM

You are right: it's ALT+Fn.  I just need to figure out how to make inittab persistant, which I suppose does not fit quite well with the concept of TCL.

Thanks for the quick response, though. 

Title: Re: Virtual Consoles on CLI - How to switch?
Post by: roberts on July 12, 2009, 01:28:25 AM

This has been discussed and documented here:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=289.0

It would effect a higher memory requirement to start multiple virtual consoles.