Questions tagged [tty]
A representation of a device that asynchronously transmits and receives serial data.
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Why dmesg output displayed on /dev/tty1
This is still related to my yesterday thread, so there's alert or maybe it's just log that displayed on my terminal on /dev/tty1. Ofcourse it's annoying because it's displayed in my bash prompt, so ...
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why websocat or wscat in background with nohup, disown, bg, &, &! don't work
The question is about running a bash script in background with the ability to logout and the process to continue. The issue is that websocat and wscat don't like when I close the terminal or logout.......
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canonical/non-canonical vs raw/cooked?
In the context of terminals, what is the difference between the two opposites canonical/non-canonical and cooked/raw?
This thread says that they are synonym. But that's weird because one of the "...
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Linux : Force keyboard interface at boot time
I own a Razer Cynosa Chroma. At boot time, coherent with what lsusb -v would tell, linux-5.4.x enumerates 2 USB HID keyboard interfaces.
A/ on usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0
B/ on usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input1
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How do I see what PID is accepting keys pressed
I'm currently troubleshooting media keys on my keyboard,
I've already confirms that the keys are working and definitely sending input to the OS, however this still does not send any input to media in ...
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How can a process use a newly created pseudo-terminal if only root can open it?
I'm currently learning about the TTY system, and I want to create a demo application which opens /dev/pts/ptmx which will create a new terminal, and then have a process create a new session which will ...
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Virtual Consoles in Ubuntu
In This link is mentioned that Linux GUI is installed on tty7, but when I change my consoles using Ctrl+Alt+F1-F7 and check it by the command tty, I see that I have a GUI on my tty1 and tty2.
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Running a script on every tty
I have a shell script that i want to run on every tty
echo "Hello!"
i tried adding it to my .bashrc but it only works after you login and it executes even if the terminal isnt a tty
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Is /dev/ttyUSB0 a TTY?
I know the title of the question sounds a bit silly, but that's the best I could think of :)
As far as I understand, if I have some serial device connected with USB - let's say I connect my Arduino to ...
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F key doesn’t work in the tty
My “f” key doesn’t work in the tty. I already tried most of my other keys on the keyboard and all of them work fine, even symbols like Ü Ä Ö. The “f” works completely fine on the login screen and on ...
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Open a terminal from an external device?
I'm currently learning about terminals, pseudo-terminals, etc. and I'm curious - today we all use the pseudo-terminals such as xterm or gnome-terminal that are part of the Linux GUI, and less often ...
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Linux login failed while username and password correct (tty interface)
Many times when I tried to log in Linux through tty. Although I've entered correct username and password. It showed "login failed" and didn't give more message. I checked the log.
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What's the best way to embed a terminal emulator into my (ncurses) app
Ideally, this would be in the form of a library that gives access to a buffer of characters to display and allows injecting characters and signals via an or character stream.
I am open to creating ...
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How to add cp437 support into Minicom?
I am using a Raspberry Pi (running Raspbian) to act as translator between SSH-over-Ethernet and an RS232 connection to a proprietary hardware box. This proprietary box seems to be using CP437 ...
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Bash: echo command into tty
I've a service written in Python that can receive commands and does things, here is how it is built:
print("\nWelcome!\n")
for line in sys.stdin:
cmd=line.rstrip()
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/dev/ttyUSB0 is available but after try to call it's gone
If I connect my ESP32 to my Ubuntu ( 22.04 ) by USB it is available in /dev/ttyUSB0. If I run a call - for example sudo ampy --port /dev/ttyUSB0 ls the error message apears
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How change login prompt for headless Linux to ask for more than just username/password?
We want to setup a headless Linux box but have it force users to enter in more than just a username and password. Is there a way to add our own custom questions and then grab/verify the info entered ...
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Why can fprintf(stderr, ....) output to screen when stderr doesn't refer to a terminal device?
Given that a simple program:
/* ttyname.c */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
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How to monitor /dev/pts/X sessions?
I was trying to monitor some pts sessions I spawned using the Python pty module. Its a simple code like the following:
import pty
pty.spawn("/bin/bash")
I can see in the /dev/pts/ directory ...
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Why "No such device or address" when open /dev/tty in the first process?
Given that a simple program, as following:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int fd = -1;
if (access("/dev/tty&...
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How to write bytes to serial port's input buffer
I'm working on creating an emulator for a Captron button that is connected to a serial port /dev/ttyS0.
I'm trying to mimic the on-press action by writing a byte array to the serial port by printf /...
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How to check which "/dev/pty/x" file my putty session is using?
I opened quite a few putty sessions to my remote Ubuntu machine.
For each of the session, I got a /dev/pts/x file assigned to it. Like below:
crw--w---- 1 xxx tty 136, 0 Feb 5 23:08 0
crw--w---- 1 ...
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Full screen text mode stopped working with ssh.exe but not Putty
I used to use ssh.exe to access the Linux servers as I then can script tasks in Windows and run them from command line in a batch. Then full screen text mode stopped working a few days ago.
That is, ...
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.bashrc conflicting with Zsh
I used bash for a long time, now I want to use zsh, only one problem: .bashrc conflicts with zsh
How it is supposed to look like:
archcoolC#
How it looks like with a bashrc: (with colors here, (echo $...
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Unable to switch TTYs under Xorg Qtile window manager
sudo chvt [1-7] works as intended and while on tty C-A-Fn[1-7] works fine. But while in my window manager i cannot change ttys...
inferno in ~
❯ sudo sv status agetty-tty1
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Ctrl-C and ctrl-4 do not work after openvt
I am trying to start bash with openvt from init system.
For this I wrote the following script
#!/bin/bash
openvt -c 8 -- /bin/bash
It starts and runs, but the Ctrl-C and Ctrl-4 shortcuts don't work. ...
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what are tty files for?
Can someone explain me what are the tty files?
I can't understand that, using the command : echo 1 > /dev/tty prints to my current terminal the output: 1, but if i try to use echo 1 > /dev/tty0 ...
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ssh pseudoterminal special character problems
So I have the following situation: I have a host that exhibits unexpected behavior when using ssh -t combined with tmux.
If I call ssh -t my-problem-host tmux non-ascii characters (e.g. €) are ...
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Change Debian TTY/text terminal login OS version name
When I login to a TTY/text terminal, I get a prompt that looks something like:
Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid ...
login:
I'm running testing, and purely for aesthetic purposes, I don't want it to say ...
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Random log out of tty1 while typing
I experienced a sudden log out from tty1 where I run the i3 window manager.
While typing stuff, the screen went black, and in a matter of seconds I was back to the login screen (I use no login manager)...
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How to query USB serial device, capture output and exit?
I have several Arduino devices, connected to linux box. The only difference between them is what they answer on connect. They are not distinguisheable by lsusb command. Although I don't know how to ...
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Clearing an occupied /dev/tty to start a service
I want to run a service with the output on a certain tty on a Ubuntu server, before any login prompt.
I've already successfully made a service that runs htop on tty3:
[Unit]
Description=htop on tty3
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How to set Number of Lines in tty terminals
I running Manjaro Linux (21.2) with KDE. I have a large ultra-wide screen monitor with ideal resolution of 3400x1440.
KDE and Konsole appear to be running this resolution fine but when I switch to ...
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can't login to arch permission denied
I'm getting an error when I'm trying to login to linux from a tty or ly it says "permission denied" and prompt me to enter credentials again, even with root account I'm getting the same ...
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How to set keybindings systemwide?
I am using bspwm in Arch Linux, without any Desktop Environment. I have swapped the escape and Capslock key for VIM, but the thing is, the keys only work in bspwm, i.e, if I change the tty then, the ...
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Emulate the Linux console
Is there a way of emulating the Linux virtual console inside X?
I. e. an environment where /dev/tty for all practical
purposes (ioctl_console(2)) acts exactly as the Linux console
would but that runs ...
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ttylog: no device is set
I have two active ssh sessions:
~$ w
22:51:42 up 17 days, 6:11, 3 users, load average: 2,82, 2,38, 1,34
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
user pts/0 192.168....
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Delay between username and password during tty login
Recently, I noticed that when using tty to login to my computer, there was a delay (around 20 seconds) between the time I enter my username and the time I'm getting asked for my password. Where can it ...
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Debian Server: On boot local monitor displays log not a terminal but can log in and run commands but can't see it
So I installed a fresh version of debian server. But I don't seem to be able to login on the computer itself but can access and run commands via ssh. I tried typing in my username and password and I ...
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Autostart Fbterm then Tmux in Arch Linux
i have installed Arch Linux and i want to use the OS without GUI. so i installed FBTERM and TMUX to assists my life in GUI-less OS. both programs running perfectly, so i want to make FBTERM and TMUX ...
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Backspace in shell moves cursor to the right
There's this remote shell I login into that, when I try to delete a character, instead of visually showing the character being deleted, it remains there and the cursor moves to the right. This shell ...
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Serial port baud rate change - getting "unable to perform all requested operation"
I´m working under CentOS 7 distribution, I have worked with USB to serial converters and everithing works properly, but in this case I´m using a Versalogic MPEe-U2 board attached to a mini PCIe ...
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TTY pre-login in QWERTY instead of AZERTY
I am french and usually types with AZERTY layout.
My TTYs virtual consoles (Ctrl+Alt+fN) are in QWERTY before and after login. It's painful, because I have to log each time in QWERTY.
Once logged in I ...
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How to calculate TTY-console size (how many characters) with given to display resolution (e.g. 480x320) and given font size (e.g. 14,15 or 16)?
I don't have this 3.5" display yet, so I couldn't just test it with tput cols and tput lines. I'd like to know how many characters fit in both axes, before I develop a software with curses.
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Perplexity about TTY and PTY
I'm trying to understand this topic but, apparently, for my brain it is too hard.
Terminal device entries normally reside in two directories: /dev and
/dev/pts. The /dev directory contains entries ...
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Turn off/on laptop display from TTY without additional software
I have a laptop with Artix Linux on it that I'm using as a web server. I want to keep it minimalist, w/o graphical environment and only the absolute necessary software.
My problem is I still don't ...
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How can I delay display-manager.service from starting until after my systemd unit's script has exited?
I'm writing a cloud sync script for Ubuntu 18+ that makes sure some critical files are pulled from the remote as part of the boot process. I'd like it to run after the Plymouth splash screen, but ...
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On `tty <&1` vs `echo $(tty <&1)` vs `echo $(tty <&2)`
The key statements in the snippet below (i.e. other than those for printing labels and blank lines, for spacing) come in pairs. In each pair, the first and second statements have the forms tty... and ...
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Debian Bullseye - Disable Console TTY Login for Root
how does one restrict logging into the TTY consoles as 'root' in Debian 11 (bullseye)? In past versions I would empty the contents of /etc/securetty and that would prevent a direct login as 'root' ...
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Can you run a terminal emulator under a tty?
I would like to know if you can run a terminal emulator under a tty since I just started the program alacritty. If there is a way, no matter how hard it would seem, I would like to try it, a tty is so ...
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