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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: there is gui but no login on console after boot
From:       davidson <davidson () freevolt ! org>
Date:       2017-09-28 0:42:01
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.10.1709280038250.6746 () freevolt ! org
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2017, davidson@freevolt.org wrote:
[snip]
> Thing 3:
>
> If you don't want to wait for reboot, don't feel like making big plans
> for the future, and just want a VT now, as root do something like
>
> # systemctl enable getty@tty8.service

As I just discovered, the "enable" line above is actually the easy way
of doing Thing 2.

If you only want a one-off tty, the following "start" line is all you
need.

> # systemctl start getty@tty8.service
>
> and then Ctrl-Alt-F8.
>
> Hope this helps.

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