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Virtual consoles reachable with Ctrl+Alt+F1-F6

A virtual console, also known as a virtual terminal, is a textual interface to Linux. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_console

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What is a virtual terminal for?

When I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 it goes to virtual terminal. What is this virtual terminal for? When do you need to use it?
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How to exit the virtual terminal?

After I press ctrl + alt + f4 the virtual terminal appears but I can't exit anymore because it is always back to "input username" and "password". Any idea how to go back to my desktop?
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Can I take a screenshot of a virtual console?

Is there a way for me to take a screenshot in a virtual console?
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Enabling virtual consoles in Ubuntu 18.04

I have used the virtual consoles (tty1-6) for decades in various Linuxes. I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) on an x86-64 box. Everything is fine, except that the VCs don't work. As far as I can tell, it is by design that people are…
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Wrong MAC address error in virtual console

ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_station : Wrong Mac address This message continuously prints out on my virtual console. What does it mean, what is its cause and how would one fix it?
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Command to switch to tty1?

I want to make a list of commands to install everything so it's easier the next time I do it, however, I wanted one of the commands to do CTRL+ALT+F1 for me.
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Why virtual console(Ctrl+Alt+F1) asked for password after logged into it?

I want to run sudo service lightdm restart command on virtual console, so i pressed Ctrl+Alt+F1 after that VC login prompt appears, Login: Password: I logged into the vc with my login credentials.If i run sudo service lightdm restart command on…
Avinash Raj
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How to kill all processes in one virtual console from another virtual console?

When I press Ctrl + Alt + F(1-6), I'm directed to virtual terminal. I've two user account except guest. When I try to login from one of those two users, my system gets hang. So, I was wondering how to restart that virtual console from another…
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Ctrl+Alt+F-keys do not respond after having gone in the loginless virtual console

Situation I am working with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. My computer was (and is) running a several-day long task launched from a terminal in the desktop environment. I then sent it to the background and disowned from the host shell. In this way I could log…
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Cannot login on virtual terminal - return repeating?

My Ubuntu 18.04.2 system is working OK except for the following problem: I cannot seem to be able to login on any of the virtual terminals (Ctrl+Alt+F1 to F6. Specifically, I can type my username fine, and the keyboard works without a problem, no…
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How to switch back to graphical vt

In Ubuntu 17.04 I can easily press Alt-Ctrl and f1 to f6 to switch between the virtual terminals in text mode, but the usual Alt-Ctrl f7 (or any of the other f keys) does not take be back to the graphical console. How should I get back?
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Can't get startx to work 'Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console'

this is what I get when I try to: ubuntu@ip-172-31-25-76:~$ startx xauth: file /home/ubuntu/.Xauthority does not exist X.Org X Server 1.18.4 Release Date: 2016-07-19 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux…
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How can I make Yakuake/Guake to show the right margin vertical line?

I work with some projects which requires data to be exact lenght, let's say: 120 characters. Some editors, like gedit provides such functionality which allows you to visually have a limit where to stop thus making easier to create some content. Is…
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Is it possible to programmatically log in a specific user on a specific virtual console?

I'd like to implement one of the answers on How to make sure, that certain functionality (like Alt+Ctrl+F1 switching into tty) is available in havily swapping system?, and for that I'll need a way to login a user on a virtual console. Is it possible…
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Terminal wont let me login

My terminal wont open up at all. After doing some snooping on the web I figured out to go to the virtual terminal and fix it. The problem is, that when i type my username and password, it says it's incorrect. I've tried my login info many times and…
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