I need more ttys (solved)

Troubleshooting
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Hi,

I just installed the latest dietpi 9.17 and I can’t find a way to get more than 1 ttys.

When I press Ctrl+Alt+F2 I see a blinking cursor but I cannot log in.

Thank you for your help.

boenki

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Can you check if the services are running:

systemctl status getty@tty2.service

Do the same for tty3, tty4 …
If they’re not running, enable and start them. Do this for as many tty as you need.

sudo systemctl enable getty@tty2.service
sudo systemctl start getty@tty2.service
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Thank you.

This solved it.

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Another way is to enable systemd-logind, but it requires dbus as well:

sudo systemtl unmask systemd-logind
sudo apt install dbus
sudo systemctl start dbus systemd-logind

This triggers an agetty (login prompt) automatically once you switch to a TTY. But if you do not need this flexibility but just one more local console, I’d go with getty@tty2.service as well.

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