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The system console is an interface used by human to control the computer. Basically, it consists of a keyboard and a monitor that can provide a text user interface.

The console is used to give feedback of user input and display textual results of executed commands.

The concept originates from the beginnings of the IT world, where limited displaying capabilities were available.

The computers and displays were connected through low-speed serial ports and the monitors could display texts only based on built-in character-sets.

Nowadays everyone uses high-resolution graphical displays, so the console environments are emulated by the videocards.

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_console

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Locking console input without screen blanking

I'm looking for a method to lock/disable keyboard input into a text console (tty, no xorg) without blanking the screen. I would like to be able to monitor the on-screen progress of a long-running program (Partclone) without worrying about tampering…
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Switching to a virtual terminal is slow

When switching to a virtual terminal using e.g. Ctrl+Alt+F2, it takes about a second to switch. Not too horrible for something that's typically rarely used, but I would like to use it more and it's substantially slower than, say, Alt+Tab. It's…
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How can I show long console lines as paged view?

I'd like to print long console lines as pages which are below each other. For example AAAAAAABBBBBBBXX CCCCC DDDDDDDEE FFFFFFFGGGGG IIII should be displayed…
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Is a virtual console considered a process running on the OS kernel?

A terminal emulator is a program/process running in the GUI of an OS. A linux kernel offers 7 virtual consoles. Is a virtual console also a process running on the OS kernel?
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How to find blockage for Virtual Terminal switching?

I am stuck on virtual terminal 14. Starting some SDL-software brought me there. Now I cannot go anywhere else. Every "chvt" freezes (at the "VT_WAITACTIVE" ioctl) if it is not chvt 14 which succeeds. There is no chvt running. I can start shell and…
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Console not scrolling up, and no wake from console blanking

Fresh install of Debian 11.1 using the Debian Live CD (to benefit non-free Wi-Fi drivers), on Dell Latitude E6430. Under X, everything works fine. In console, I have two issues that may be related (or not?): Shift + PageUp does not scroll console…
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Cloning output of a terminal

I need to do a presentation over Skype of a command line tool over a fairly flaky mobile connection, since I'm currently traveling. I would like to avoid screen sharing to maximize bandwidth for audio and instead get the copy of my output straight…
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Stuck at console and can't export files to USB drive

I have a lot of important documents on my computer, and I guess I messed up my OS somehow because when I rebooted the computer, it took me to a console window with no GUI. I typed "startx", and it spat out a "no such file or directory" error: my…
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how can I capture console error messages to a file?

I have a process that is causing a reboot. I'd like to capture any console messages to the messages are not lost. How can I do that?
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My guest debian 7.7 boots on a terminal

I have VMware on my laptop and I installed a Debian 7.7 guest on it. An hour ago I powered off the debian, and when I booted it again, it came up with a terminal instead of my graphical environments. After login, I remain on the console. Why isn't…
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