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

Volker A. Brandt vab at bb-c.de
Mon Jun 23 08:45:04 UTC 2014

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    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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