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Questions tagged [terminal]

Use this tag if your problem relates to command line (CLI) or terminal based (TUI) applications or interfaces.

A terminal is a text based user interface that usually runs a command-line shell.

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Console unusable after running SDL app

When certain SDL-based programs (e.g. prboom, dosbox) are run from the console (not X) and terminate abruptly for some reason (e.g. killed or segfaults), the screen locks up; It just goes black, and remains black until you reboot. This is in…
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Is there a way increase text size in Raspbian?

Abandoned post by Unregistered user. I am currently running a Raspberry Pi on a television and the text size is too small to read. So I was wondering if there is a way to resize the text.
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How can I blank the screen from the command line over SSH?

This is the same question as this but for Raspberry Pi 3 / Raspbian. I need a way to show black screen by running command in console by using SSH connection. Monitor should not go to standby I just need a black screen to hide everything that is…
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Is there a console-only (no GUI included) distro under 1 gb?

I'm looking for an OS which: At least boots to the console by default Preferably has no GUI included at all Will fit on a 1 GB SD card Is there an OS like this available, and are there any additional steps or requirements to install it?
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How to disable local terminal showing through when playing video

Any local terminal text (login prompt, etc) is showing through areas of the screen that are not covered by video (i.e. the black bars on the top and bottom) when I use a remote terminal to play video with omxplayer. If I wait 10-15 minutes, the…
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How to "scroll up" and view previous console output?

I am getting started using my Raspberry Pi. Sometimes I run some command where the console output scrolls off the screen too fast for me to read. For example, installing some library/package from source, I'd like to be able to review the output.…
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beta epiphany-browser (Web Browser), comand line auto start?

I am running Raspbian, and I am trying to setup a "kiosk mode" box. I have successfully done this with midori, but midori does not support html5. so I wanted to try the new beta "web browser" (seems to run epiphany-browser). my current setup is…
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Why do I have to `sudo`?

I've followed a couple of tutorials on my RPi and a lot of commands start with sudo; what does it mean and what does it do?
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Can I run a terminal command from ssh to open the browser on X server?

I've hooked up the raspberry pi to a display. I have ssh'd in from another machine and I was wondering how, if possible, to open a browser window via epiphany http://example.com from my ssh session and have it appear on the screen.
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Strange problem on startup - cannot open access to console

Rpi 3 Model B, 16gb SD, all configured well and working fine until yesterday sometime, when rebooting, I now have to press "enter" to continue due to: "Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked." This is news to me, and pressing…
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Shutdown, reboot not working

I often SSH into my Raspberry Pi, which is connected to my network via a wired connection. The last time I tried to reboot it, though, it failed: pi@raspberrypi ~ $ shutdown now -bash: /sbin/shutdown: cannot execute binary file pi@raspberrypi ~ $…
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How do I figure out the brand and type of an SD-card on the commandline?

How do I figure out the brand and type of an SD-card remotely on the commandline via SSH? I so far tried: fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0 gdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0 dmesg | fgrep -i mmc (the boot entries were already rotated out of the ring buffer) zfgrep -i mmc…
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Colored console over serial connection?

I am accessing two of my Pis via a serial connection on pins 8 and 10. One of them uses a serial to USB connector for my Mac and the other uses an HC-06 which connects to my Android. The console/terminal over serial is very bland and colorless,…
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Check power usage of pi via terminal

How can I see what the power consumption and/or distribution of my pi is via terminal? I can only connect to the pi in question via ssh. So I can't see the "lightning bolt". I am concerned about something plugged into the pi's 5V pin, and would…
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How do I change the Desktop wallpaper from the cli

I've tried gconftool and gconftool-2 to change the background on my Wheezy, but nothing happens. It would be nice to be able to do this from the command line.
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