What is raw keyboard mode?
In the magic sysrq key combinations, there is the combination alt+sysrq+r which, according to wikipedia, does the following:
console
How to get fewer ttys with Systemd?
In the old days I just modified /etc/inittab. Now, with systemd, it seems to start tty[1-6] automatically, how should I disable tty[4-6]?
Ubuntu Server, set terminal font to a custom ttf font?
I would like to change the system (console) font of my ubuntu server to a custom (downloaded) font. Is this possible?
Switch to a text console in Fedora
I have switched recently to Fedora 22 from Ubuntu Gnome. In Ubuntu gnome, when my Kodi media center used to hang while in full-screen, I used to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to terminal.
How and where is $TERM interpreted?
I’m wondering how some terminal magic works internally.
Disable screen blanking on text console
I’m running linux clusters, mostly on SLES10. The servers are mostly blades, accessed via remote console. There is a real console in the server room, but switched off.
tmux: shared session, one user in a pane, another in another pane, two different cursors
I’ve decided to try tmux: have been reading the docs and googling around, trying to find a way to have two users sharing a session, each with a different cursor.
Adjusting keyboard sensitivity in a command line terminal?
When using a tty login shell by entering Ctrl-Alt-F1 from an Ubuntu 12.04 install on a laptop the keyboard seems overly sensitive and if my finger lingers for a moment on a button I end up with repeats of the same letter. Is there a way to adjust keyboard sensitivity that would influence the keyboard response when accessing a login shell from a tty instance?
How can I enable UTF-8 support in the Linux console?
Right now, it looks like this:
256 colors in console (tty)
Suppose, I have a system without X server. I can only log in from the console. It seems, by default linux console supports only 8 colors: