[Mageia-dev] Minimum install of cauldron don't start console

Tue Mar 6 13:46:12 CET 2012

2012/3/6 Olivier Thauvin <nanardon at nanardon.zarb.org>:
+> * Colin Guthrie (mageia at colin.guthr.ie) wrote:
+>> 'Twas brillig, and Olivier Thauvin at 06/03/12 09:24 did gyre and gimble:
+>> > Hi there,
+>> >
+>> > I just try to install a cauldron to setup a test IPv6 firewall/router.
+>> > To setup server I do a minimum install:
+>> > - /boot on its own partition
+>> > - /var /tmp and swap on lvm
+>> > - select no packages categories but yes install doc
+>> > - no post configuration, so no X11 (hey it's a server)
+>> >
+>> > At boot the system started but stop to "starting display manager" (??)
+>> > and I were unable to reach any text terminal.
+>>
+>> No text terminal at all? Not on tty2 or 3?
+>
+> Indeed, alt + F2 show the login prompt. But before I pressed alt + F2 ps
+> was not showing any "*getty" program, a bit confusing, especially since
+> there is nothing on first console.
+>
+>>
+>> If you try and start dm (prefdm.service) then you will NOT get a tty1
+>> getty (prefdm.service conflicts with getty at tty1.service), but all other
+>> tty's should be fine (handled by autovt at .service)
+>
+> Maybe, but I never asked to have prefdm and in fact I don't want X
+> terminal.
+>
+> All sys admin expect to have a tty on first console and just having
+> "starting dm service" whereas I know it cannot start is really
+> confusing.
+>
+> Cannot prefdm/X11/whatever be started on 7nd console like during the
+> years 90th ? :)
+
+Ah, back at that one again. We had a lengthy and lively debate about
+this not so long ago where exactly this scenario came up. Don't
+remember whether it was on this list or the -discuss list.
+
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+wobo
+