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

Tue Mar 6 14:07:22 CET 2012

On 06/03/12 12:46, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
+> 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.
+>
+What is even more confusing currently is that switching to tty2, logging 
+in as root and running 'systemctl restart prefdm.service' restarts the 
+dm back on tty7 anyway :/
+