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jumpnett
Asked: 2017-05-04 11:52:57 +0800 CST

Enable Ctrl+Alt+F1 Virtual Consoles in GNOME (Ubuntu 17.04+)

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In previous versions of Ubuntu, Ctrl+Alt+F1 through F6 opened up virtual consoles. On Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 Ctrl+Alt+F1 opens another GUI and the others do nothing.

How do I restore the old behavior?

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  1. Best Answer

    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.

    Also, check /etc/default/console-setup, the line: ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-6]"

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  2. > the others do nothing.

    On 17.10, the virtual terminals are there but invisible! You can type blindly into them and they work:

    Alt-Ctrl-F4   # switch to a VT
Enter
username    # typing blindly into black screen...
password
date >/tmp/foo
Alt-Ctrl-F1  # switch back to Wayland GUI
ls -l /tmp/foo  # it's there
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