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

Tue Mar 6 14:33:58 CET 2012

On 03/06/2012 08:23 AM, Colin Guthrie wrote:
+> '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.
+>>
+
+There has been a lot of discussion about this, and I'd just like some 
+clarification of how the folks implementing thought it was supposed to 
+turn out.
+
+My understanding was that the DM was to start on tty1, and some lower 
+subset of the ttys, say 2-6 or 7, was supposed to be reserved for 
+alternate graphical logins, but that console (getty) ttys would still be 
+available on the higher ttys.  Maybe not as easy to find, but more 
+consistent with current usage.
+
+I'm seeing what Olivier is seeing (although this is a desktop system and 
+not a minimal system).  In my primary desktop, I can hit CTRL-ALT-Fn for 
+n = 1 to 12, and I get no response at all.  It just stays on the same 
+desktop.
+
+Bug or feature ?
+