Open a new terminal window on Jessie Lite?

[mitchind]

Jessie Lite boots to basic terminal window.

Is it possible to use command line to open a new terminal window and run another script?
I can't find anything that works.

I know that "nohup" or ending a command with "&" will launch a background process
but I believe I need a new window that I can view the process output

Someone suggested lxterminal, and it looks like it is a part of the Jessie Lite package, but maybe it needs to be installed?
I thought that was the default boot terminal window but I must be wrong

[topguy]

There is usually more than one (virtual) terminal started on boot. You press "ctrl+alt+F2" to access the second one, "ctrl+alt+F3" for the third one and "ctrl+alt+F1" to go back to the first one.

There is also a utility called "screen" that is quite useful for having access to different shell sessions. You can start one session on the keyboard, then put it in the background, log in from another computer with ssh and resume working.

"lxterminal" is part of the X-Windows LXDE desktop which is not installed on Jessie Lite, that is the main point of Jessie Lite in the first place.

[mitchind]

Thanks so much. That all makes sense now.

[liudr]

Another alternative is to install tmux with sudo apt-get tmux.

You can split screen into 2 or more and display one terminal in each portion. Works very nicely with a larger screen.

[mitchind]

That sounds intriguing. I wanted to watch the one process without having to toggle back and forth - or go to my ssh terminal.

I was able to use the AT command to spawn a completely disconnected session that worked for what I wanted - but I couldn't see what was happening - only use top to make sure it was loading properly

[liudr]

This one is a 4-way split. You can use keyboard shortcuts to make it or use some script to create screens on boot.

[mfa298]

Another alternative is to install tmux with sudo apt-get tmux.

You can split screen into 2 or more and display one terminal in each portion. Works very nicely with a larger screen.

You can do the same in screen (I've only got a small screen here so it's a bit squashed).

Both have advantages, tmux is possibly a bit more user friendly, screen is available on most platforms (not just Liunx) and can also talk to serial devices.

[AikonCWD]

I recommend you to use tmux, its easy to install, easy to configure and easy to use.

[mitchind]

Sounds like consensus is tmux and it looks like its perfect for what I want.

Thanks all!