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

Tue Mar 6 14:28:38 CET 2012

> 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 :/
+
+No it doesn't. It starts it on the next available vt. If you login on
+tty2 and have switched to all ttys from 3-6 (and thus triggered the
+starting of a getty), then 7 will be the next available one and it will
+start there. If you do not switch to 3-6, then it will start on vt3.
+
+You can reserve the gettys by symlinking getty at .service to
+getty at tty[2-6].service in /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.want/
+folder if you really want static gettys started at boot. I'd prefer not
+to bother running them unless I need them which is the default setup.
+
+As mentioned already prefdm.service has a specific conflict with
+getty at tty1.service. This is why that static config is not loaded when
+booting to graphical.target.
+
+Now I'm not sure on the logic inside the Xserver that is used to search
+for a free getty. it maybe starts from the current one and counts up. If
+so, this logic should (IMO) be changed to start searching from 1 that
+way it would relatively consistently start on vt1 even when restarted
+from tty2.
+
+Col
+
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+Colin Guthrie
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