Access local console

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    Yes; I searched.

    Ctrl-alt-F3 is giving me a blinking underscore. I really need this to debug Wifi issues, i.e., SSH will not do it.

    This is on x86-64 / generic / 8.2.5 btw

    C'mon, I just explained ssh will not work with wifi problems. I'm just perplexed that local console access has been made so difficult to activate. If someone can explain this I'm willing to put this in a wiki.

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    Quote from hbogert

    C'mon, I just explained ssh will not work with wifi problems.

    Sorry, 1 cup of coffee isn't always sufficient for fully waking up ;)

    It has become a hidden treasure of some sorts, but apparently it can be activated by adding textmode to the end of the "APPEND" kernel command line. After booting you'll be dumped into a console. A, attached keyboard is required, naturally.

    So is there also a way to get the more common behaviour of having Kodi just boot up as normal, and then having a tty on one of the consoles (like ctrl-alt-x) as well?

    Also, if you want to add a one-time kernel parameter like the "textmode" you say, can you do this without actually changing the config of syslinux on the filesystem?