Re: aptitude not working

[Richard Braun]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 11:55:46AM +0100, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> how do I know actually which console I am running? could it be meaningful?
> I have the issue also when running aptitude from a remote console (e.g.
> through telnet)

Well, telnet and ssh are remote so they're subject to netdde hangs. The
hurd and machs console use the VGA interface (or something similar). You
can identify the hurd console by switching to virtual terminals with
ALT-FX [1-6]. You can disable it by editing /etc/default/hurd-console.
When the hurd console is disabled, the system remains on the default
mach console, with a single terminal only.

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Richard Braun