Virtual Consoles and Linux
What are Virtual Consoles?
What Are They?
Essentially "
virtual terminals
", usually 8 or 9.
Text (80x25) or Graphics (X11)
First 6 are usually text
7th and subsequent ones are usually for X11 Servers
At NRAO,
xdm
usually in console 7
Pat Murphy
![[NRAO]](../../images/nrao/nraologo_rlm.gif)
![[8 little consoles, standing in a row, last 2 with graphics, oh oh oh]](../../images/bitmaps/virtcons.gif)