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kmscon — Use the framebuffer instead of text mode to draw a terminal in a TTY. More information: <https://man

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Problem

How to use the kmscon command: Use the framebuffer instead of text mode to draw a terminal in a TTY. More information: <https://manned.org/man/fedora-43/kmscon>.

Solution

kmscon — Use the framebuffer instead of text mode to draw a terminal in a TTY. More information: <https://manned.org/man/fedora-43/kmscon>.

Start kmscon on the first available TTY:
sudo kmscon


Start kmscon in a specific TTY:
sudo kmscon --vt {{/dev/ttyX|ttyX|X}}


Enable mouse support:
sudo kmscon --mouse


Specify the command to use for login:
sudo kmscon {{[-l|--login]}} {{command}}

Code Snippets

Start `kmscon` on the first available TTY

sudo kmscon

Start `kmscon` in a specific TTY

sudo kmscon --vt {{/dev/ttyX|ttyX|X}}

Enable mouse support

sudo kmscon --mouse

Specify the command to use for login

sudo kmscon {{[-l|--login]}} {{command}}

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