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einpoklum
Asked: 2016-11-12 13:52:24 +0800 CST

Why are my virtual consoles disabled?

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I use Lubuntu 16.04. My /etc/defaults/console-setup says:

ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-6]"

yet when I Ctrl+Alt+F1, or F2, or F3 etc. - I only see a black screen with the top line saying: "/dev/sda1: clean 123/456 files, 654/321 blocks" - no login prompt. I can switch back with Ctrl+Alt+F7, but, still - why doesn't it work?

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1 Answers

  1. I'm running Kubuntu v16.04 - not the version that you are - but I had to modify /etc/systemd/logind.conf, uncomment NAutoVTs=6 and restart.

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