# SSH not enabled and ctrl+alt+f1 not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Anthias\ **Created:** [January 24, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/ssh-not-enabled-and-ctrl-alt-f1-not-working/960 "2023-01-24T11:58:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cesare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@cesare](https://forums.screenly.io/u/cesare)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/ssh-not-enabled-and-ctrl-alt-f1-not-working/960/1 "2023-01-24T11:58:05Z")
Hi, I’ve been using screenly ose for years with no problem. Now I’m testing the new version Anthias. I’ve been trying the installation through balenaEtcher and Raspberry PI Imager on Raspberry 3+. It works fine, I can access the web interface, I can publish assetts but… I cannot access via ssh and I cannot access via keyboard neither. I wish I could anable ufw to give a little more security… Where am I doing wrong? Thanks, Cesare ---
**Author:** ![ealmonte32](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/ealmonte32/32/228_2.png) [@ealmonte32](https://forums.screenly.io/u/ealmonte32)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/ssh-not-enabled-and-ctrl-alt-f1-not-working/960/2 "2023-01-24T14:27:49Z")
did you create the blank `ssh` file on your /boot/ partition of the SD card? ctrl+alt+f1 works just fine on a recently installed anthias Pi, if you dont log in within the time for the next asset though it will go back to showing the assets and leave console. are you 100% using the non balena version? ---
**Author:** ![cesare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@cesare](https://forums.screenly.io/u/cesare)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/ssh-not-enabled-and-ctrl-alt-f1-not-working/960/3 "2023-01-24T14:42:10Z")
I’m pretty sure. I’ve downloaded the img file from [https://github.com/Screenly/Anthias/releases/download/v0.18.5/2022-12-12-raspberrypi3.zip](https://github.com/Screenly/Anthias/releases/download/v0.18.5/2022-12-12-raspberrypi3.zip) I’ve also tried to create the boot/ssh file but no luck since now… I’ve added the default assets, it shows them, but if I use ctrl+alt+f1 just turns black with no input available… is there any other trick? can I edit some conf file on the sd so I can turn on also the wifi? At the moment seems not working, but it runs with the wire. thankx ---
**Author:** ![ealmonte32](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/ealmonte32/32/228_2.png) [@ealmonte32](https://forums.screenly.io/u/ealmonte32)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/ssh-not-enabled-and-ctrl-alt-f1-not-working/960/4 "2023-01-24T15:03:48Z")
instead of using that image, i suggest you follow the instructions i’ve given to everyone else when there is some issue with the images, simply download the raspi OS lite directly from [raspberrypi.org](http://raspberrypi.org) and flash that image using balenaEtcher into your SD card, when it is done craete the blank ssh.txt file in the /boot/ partition, that would enable ssh upon boot. Here is a copy of the installation instructions i have given to others: > [@How do I set a password in Screenly on the new Raspberry Pi4?](https://forums.screenly.io/t/how-do-i-set-a-password-in-screenly-on-the-new-raspberry-pi4/853/14): > > No SSH is perfectly fine, that is how almost all of us who manage Pi’s connect to it. Sorry from your screenshot I dont know the exact error, it is kinda hard to see all. I think you just need to follow one set of specific instructions that should work just like I write because if it works for me the exact hadware and exact step by step, then you must have a bad SD card or one of the steps is not being followed. Step 1: [Download Raspbian OS Bullseye Lite 64bit](https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_lite_arm64/images/raspios_lite_arm64-2022-09-26/2022-09-22-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite.img.xz) Step 2: Flash the image to the … ---
**Author:** ![cesare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@cesare](https://forums.screenly.io/u/cesare)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/ssh-not-enabled-and-ctrl-alt-f1-not-working/960/5 "2023-01-25T12:35:07Z")
Great, thank you for the support. I’ve successfully got it running fine. Thank you again.