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

Tue Mar 6 15:58:13 CET 2012

On 03/06/2012 09:53 AM, Colin Guthrie wrote:..
+> 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
+>
+
+No, it's a native system, and CTRL-ALT-Fn has always worked.  I'll check 
+out the files you mention; thanks for taking the time to explain.
+