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

Tue Mar 6 15:53:36 CET 2012

'Twas brillig, and Frank Griffin at 06/03/12 14:25 did gyre and gimble:
+> On 03/06/2012 09:10 AM, Colin Guthrie wrote:
+>> Sorry, I was unclear in my last email. I've not enabled the ability to
+>> start a second X+DM yet (it needs changes to the DM's themselves which
+>> I've not looked at - tho' it should be pretty simple) such that you
+>> can specify the vt to use when they are started. Then I'd need to
+>> adjust autovt to start a wrapper script that starts either getty or
+>> X+DM as appropriate. So this isn't in place yet, but I do still think
+>> it's the way forward. Should be possible to get it done I think. Col 
+> 
+> OK, so static gettys are gone, dynamic ones don't work yet, and X+DM
+> can't yet start if you CTRL-ALT-Fn, which says that the only unexpected
+> part of what I'm seeing is that CTRL-ALT-Fn stays with the current
+> desktop rather than going to a black screen ...
+
+Sorry, I'm clearly not writing very eloquently today!!
+
+Dynamic getty's should work fine. I am using them here and even the
+initial message in this thread from Nanar said he also had it working
+(well his reply to m y response did).
+
+(Just to explain: this is configured in
+/etc/systemd/systemd-logind.conf. You should have NAutoVTs=6 (or have it
+commented out) to get autovt's working... If it's set to 0 it is
+disabled otherwise it should just work. See "man systemd-logind.conf"
+for details)
+
+So there is something on your system that is not working properly...
+
+Not sure why it wouldn't work, but as you say, pressing the key combos
+means you stay on the same desktop... if that is the case that would
+imply something is broken before the vt auto-activation - i.e. something
+in the key handling itself. I presume you are not using virtualbox or
+similar? In VB you have to use RightShift+ALT+Fn...
+
+Col
+
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