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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>>><i> +</I>>><i> They why are you booting to a graphical target? +</I>><i> +</I>>><i>From what I read, because that's what was done during installation +</I>><i> +</I>><i> prefdm shouldn't be there on installs without X +</I> +Well both the service (part of systemd-units) and the script (part of +initscripts) will certainly exist. + +And prefdm.service is a hard requirement of graphical.target (due to +/lib/systemd/system/graphical.target.wants/display-manager.service +symlink) [display-manager.service is in turn a symlink to prefdm.service +- longer term it'll probably become the official name instead of prefdm] + + +The thing is that the default.target symlink should change between +multi-user.target and graphical.target (or runlevel3.target and +runlevel5.target which are compatibility symlinks for the newer, more +descriptive names). + +This symlink structure is equiv to the line in inittab: +id:5:initdefault: +where 5 or 3 are the typical values. + +><i> When you install a new machine (without X) and boot it, you expect to +</I>><i> be given a login prompt +</I> +I would agree. In that case the code should ensure that +multi-user.target or runlevel3.target is used. + +We need to check what the inittab file says too. The drakx code that +deals with runlevels should keep the default.target symlink and inittab +file in sync. If a fresh install like this includes an initab with 5, +then that's a problem. + +Or perhaps we just need to create a default.target in the %post of +systemd-units if it doesn't exist and default it to whatever inittab +says? I'm pretty sure the installer code should take care of creating +this symlink tho'.... will try and double check with a clean install in +a VM. + +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="012654.html">[Mageia-dev] Minimum install of cauldron don't start console +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="012660.html">[Mageia-dev] Minimum install of cauldron don't start console +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#12658">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#12658">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#12658">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#12658">[ 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> |