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

Tue Mar 6 14:23:19 CET 2012

'Twas brillig, and Olivier Thauvin at 06/03/12 12:38 did gyre and gimble:
+> * 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.
+
+They why are you booting to a graphical target?
+
+Check your /etc/systemd/system/default.target and if it's a symlink to
+runlevel5.target or graphical.target then this is your problem.
+
+You should instead symlink it to multi-user.target or runlevel3.target.
+
+> 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.
+
+Sorry not sure what you mean?
+
+> Cannot prefdm/X11/whatever be started on 7nd console like during the
+> years 90th ? :)
+
+Sure, just copy prefdm.service to /etc/systemd/system and edit it to not
+have a "Conflicts: getty at tty1.service" and then configure whatever dm
+you have to start on vt7 (usually a matter of configuring which args are
+passed to the X11 it starts.
+
+Col
+
+
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