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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> Just to expand on this point. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> getty's are started on demand these days. It's done by <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">autovt at .service.</A> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> If you want to configure static gettys then you can do so easily enough +</I>>><i> (just symlink /lib/systemd/system/getty*.service as +</I>>><i> /etc/systemd/systemd/multi-user.target.wants/<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">getty at tty2.service</A> to get a +</I>>><i> static getty on tty2. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> But if your system is typically a graphical system, then why bother +</I>>><i> stating it statically and have it running all the time using resources. +</I>>><i> Auto-activation seems fine as a default setup to me. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Now, the problem you seemed to get was that no dm was installed and thus +</I>>><i> the /etc/X11/prefdm script reached the end. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> IMO we very much DO want to have something done at the end of this +</I>>><i> script to give the user some help. This might include stopping +</I>>><i> prefdm.service via systemd and starting the tty, or perhaps better, +</I>>><i> showing some specific help (either text, or via plymouth or similar). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> This is something that I've suggested in a bug, but no feedback on that +</I>>><i> idea yet: +</I>>><i> <A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4750">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4750</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Bug 4750 - Unable to install Mageia beta 1 with raid ahci ??? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> are you sure it is this one? +</I> +Crap. I have too many tabs!!! +<A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4769">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4769</A> + +Cheers + +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="012717.html">[Mageia-dev] Minimum install of cauldron don't start console +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="012638.html">[Mageia-dev] NVidia fallback to Nouveau after latest Kernel updates +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#12718">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#12718">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#12718">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#12718">[ 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> |