Description

This is a set of scripts to replace the kernel-based VT (fbcon), with an userspace terminal. Several Wayland compositors and Graphic terminals are proposed, like Cage/Foot and Gnome-kiosk/Ptyxis.

Installation Instructions

Installation

Enable copr

sudo dnf copr enable jfalempe/Userspacevt

Choose your favorite Wayland compositor and terminal

Cage + Foot

sudo dnf install cagefootvt
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/cagefootvt@.service /etc/systemd/system/autovt@.service

Gnome-kiosk + Ptyxis

sudo dnf install kioskvt
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/kioskvt@.service /etc/systemd/system/autovt@.service

Kwin + Konsole

sudo dnf install kdevt
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/kdevt@.service /etc/systemd/system/autovt@.service

Usage

Then you can press ctrl+alt+F3, to switch to your new VT.
(And press ctrl+alt+F2 to come back to your graphic session)

Uninstall

sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/autovt@.service

Cage + Foot

sudo dnf remove cagefootvt

Gnome-kiosk + Ptyxis

sudo dnf remove kioskvt

Kwin + Konsole

sudo dnf remove kdevt

Active Releases

The following unofficial repositories are provided as-is by owner of this project. Contact the owner directly for bugs or issues (IE: not bugzilla).

Release	Architectures	Repo Download
Fedora 40	x86_64 (4)*	Fedora 40 (8 downloads)
Fedora 41	x86_64 (0)*	Fedora 41 (6 downloads)
Fedora 42	x86_64 (40)*	Fedora 42 (14 downloads)
Fedora rawhide	x86_64 (0)*	Fedora rawhide (3 downloads)

* Total number of downloaded packages.