To install the graphics driver I need to exit GUI / Gnome and go to the terminal. How can I do this in Ubuntu 18.04? Ctrl(STRG)+Alt+F1...F7 does not work, neither on the desktop, nor on the login screen...
I'm using byobu on the server. Then I logged in my kde I just close a tab with byobu session. But how I can disconnect if I'll use just console terminal? I mean one of Ctrl+ things.
I'm new to Ubuntu..
I'm not sure what just happened, but the screen just went black with the text: Ubuntu 11.10 "my computer name" tty4
and I was asked to log on.
It happened when I closed Chrome (Alt+F4). This is the second time it has happened, and I cant make it go away :) Even if I log on. Only thing that works is to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, which makes my PC restart.
Any idea what is causing this?
How do I run a program in the background of a shell, with the ability to close the shell while leaving the program running?
Lets say my UI is having problems or for some reason, I need to boot up a program from the terminal window, say, nm-applet:
nm-applet
When it's started, it occupies the foreground of the terminal window.
Is there any simple way to run the program in the background without needing to leave the terminal open or have it occupy the whole terminal?
On that note, I did find a way to run programs from the terminal and have it allow for other inputs, by appending an ampersand (&) to the command as such:
nm-applet &
But this isn't much use as any processes started in the terminal are killed once the terminal is closed.
Trying out Ubuntu Intrepid, I have discovered that RightAlt+F1 doesn't take me to tty13.
I've exhaustively tried every option presented to me in dpkg-reconfigure console-setup, the best I've been able to manage thus far has been to have both Alt keys behave the same (LeftAlt+F1 and RightAlt+F1 both going to tty1).
Please note that using GNU screen is not considered a valid response to the question - this is specifically about how to get the keyboard to behave properly with multiple consoles under Ubuntu. The crazy thing is that every other distro I've tried just handles this correctly, including Debian Lenny.