How can I access a tty from the terminal?

Question

How can I access a tty (eg tty1) from the gnome-terminal? Can I set up a profile which does that?

I know the switch using Ctrl+Alt+F1-6

Solution 1

Some options:

• sudo chvt 1 will bring you to the first virtual console. Putting this in a .profile should not be very useful.
• Snooping on a running virtual console is allegedly possible with ttysnoop.

Solution 2

I don't know if it is possible from within a terminal, but you can change to another tty by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1-7 which shows a CLI outside your graphical environment.

Pressing Ctrl + Alt + F7 will show your desktop again. Very useful if you are running a server, which does not have a graphical environment by default.

Comments

[psusi]

What do you mean by "access", and "terminal"? tty1 IS a terminal.

[jrg]

He specifically states that that's not what he's looking for.

[Amith KK]

Not really what i'm looking for

[shay.porteous]

Then please give more detail.

[Amith KK]

i want to interact with the tty from gnome-terminal