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

Tue Mar 6 14:21:48 CET 2012

2012/3/6 Barry Jackson <zen25000 at zen.co.uk>:
+> 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 :/
+
+Yep, and I have one Cauldron installation working nicely but using
+Ctrl+Alt+F1 inside the X session brings me to the system start
+messages, while this should do nothing because X should reside on
+tty1. :)
+
+-- 
+wobo
+