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Not on tty2 or 3? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Indeed, alt + F2 show the login prompt. But before I pressed alt + F2 ps +</I>><i> was not showing any "*getty" program, a bit confusing, especially since +</I>><i> there is nothing on first console. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> If you try and start dm (prefdm.service) then you will NOT get a tty1 +</I>>><i> getty (prefdm.service conflicts with <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">getty at tty1.service</A>), but all other +</I>>><i> tty's should be fine (handled by <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">autovt at .service</A>) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Maybe, but I never asked to have prefdm and in fact I don't want X +</I>><i> terminal. +</I> +They why are you booting to a graphical target? + +Check your /etc/systemd/system/default.target and if it's a symlink to +runlevel5.target or graphical.target then this is your problem. + +You should instead symlink it to multi-user.target or runlevel3.target. + +><i> All sys admin expect to have a tty on first console and just having +</I>><i> "starting dm service" whereas I know it cannot start is really +</I>><i> confusing. +</I> +Sorry not sure what you mean? + +><i> Cannot prefdm/X11/whatever be started on 7nd console like during the +</I>><i> years 90th ? :) +</I> +Sure, just copy prefdm.service to /etc/systemd/system and edit it to not +have a "Conflicts: <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">getty at tty1.service</A>" and then configure whatever dm +you have to start on vt7 (usually a matter of configuring which args are +passed to the X11 it starts. + +Col + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="012647.html">[Mageia-dev] Minimum install of cauldron don't start console +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="012653.html">[Mageia-dev] Minimum install of cauldron don't start console +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#12651">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#12651">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#12651">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#12651">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |