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

Tue Mar 6 14:34:26 CET 2012

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 13:23, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> 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.
+>>
+>>>
+>>> 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?
+
+>From what I read, because that's what was done during installation
+
+prefdm shouldn't be there on installs without X
+
+> 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?
+
+When you install a new machine (without X) and boot it, you expect to
+be given a login prompt
+