Bug 167368

Summary: let konsole use a "real" terminal optional
Product: [Applications] konsole Reporter: Frank Sagurna <fgunni>
Component: generalAssignee: Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description Frank Sagurna 2008-07-24 18:06:47 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.0.98)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

I dont know if the explanation is clear, and if its technical possible at all:

You all know the terminals you can reach through Ctrl+Alt+F1 ...
It would be nice, if there is an option to use one of this terminals, so if xserver crashes, you can work on like nothing happened, in your terminal.
Comment 1 Robert Knight 2008-07-24 20:14:57 UTC 
I think you can do this using the 'screen' program.

1.  Start 'screen' in one of the Linux terminals and create a new shell (accessed via Ctrl+Alt+F1)
2.  Detach from 'screen' in the Linux terminal
3.  In your X session, open Konsole and use 'screen -r' to resume the detached session.

If X crashes I believe it would be possible to resume the session using 'screen -r' in the Linux terminal - assuming that X hasn't locked hard and terminal switching still works.
Comment 2 Robert Knight 2008-07-25 01:05:19 UTC 
Hi,

Assuming the above works for you, I will close this shortly because I do not think it would be a good idea to add such a little-used feature to Konsole which is better handled by other programs.
Comment 3 Frank Sagurna 2008-07-25 15:11:01 UTC 
Thought it is a good idea, but if i am alone with that opinion, then closing the wish is no problem for me.
Thought it would be good, as example open "konsole --real-terminal" (or within some menu) and not having to type and mention all the commands would be a nice feature.
Comment 4 Robert Knight 2008-07-25 17:11:26 UTC 
> and not having to type and mention all the commands would be a nice feature. 

Closing as per comment #1