[OmniOS-discuss] any way to get virtual consoles?

[Mayuresh Kathe]

yes, did it, and now everything working just fine. :)
thanks for this.

~mayuresh

On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:45:04AM +0200, Volker A. Brandt wrote:
> Mayuresh Kathe writes:
> > yes, did it, followed your instructions to the last letter.
> > 
> > no effect.
> 
> So I tried it myself, just for you. :-)
> 
> I forgot that by default, the hotkey switching is disabled.
> Don't ask me why... I think it is stupid.
> 
> So, you need to set the SMF property for the hotkeys:
> 
>   # svccfg -s vtdaemon setprop options/hotkeys=true
> 
>   # svcadm refresh vtdaemon
> 
>   # svcadm restart vtdaemon
> 
>   # svcprop vtdaemon | grep hotkey
> 
> options/hotkeys boolean true
> 
> ... then use Ctrl+Alt+Fn to login, and:
> 
>   # who
>   root     pts/1        Jun 23 10:29 (192.168.111.52)
>   root     vt/2         Jun 23 10:30
>   root     vt/4         Jun 23 10:39
>   root     vt/3         Jun 23 10:39
>   root     vt/5         Jun 23 10:39
> 
> :-)
> 
> If you don't want to enter a password every time you switch
> virtual consoles, you also need to set the value for "secure"
> to "false":
> 
>   # svccfg -s vtdaemon setprop options/secure=false
> 
> 
> 
> Good luck -- Volker
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