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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Minimum install of cauldron don't start console</H1>
<B>Barry Jackson</B>
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<I>Tue Mar 6 14:07:22 CET 2012</I>
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<PRE>On 06/03/12 12:46, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
><i> 2012/3/6 Olivier Thauvin<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">nanardon at nanardon.zarb.org</A>>:
</I>>><i> * Colin Guthrie (<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">mageia at colin.guthr.ie</A>) wrote:
</I>>>><i> 'Twas brillig, and Olivier Thauvin at 06/03/12 09:24 did gyre and gimble:
</I>>>>><i> Hi there,
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</I>>>>><i> I just try to install a cauldron to setup a test IPv6 firewall/router.
</I>>>>><i> To setup server I do a minimum install:
</I>>>>><i> - /boot on its own partition
</I>>>>><i> - /var /tmp and swap on lvm
</I>>>>><i> - select no packages categories but yes install doc
</I>>>>><i> - no post configuration, so no X11 (hey it's a server)
</I>>>>><i>
</I>>>>><i> At boot the system started but stop to "starting display manager" (??)
</I>>>>><i> and I were unable to reach any text terminal.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> No text terminal at all? Not on tty2 or 3?
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Indeed, alt + F2 show the login prompt. But before I pressed alt + F2 ps
</I>>><i> was not showing any "*getty" program, a bit confusing, especially since
</I>>><i> there is nothing on first console.
</I>>><i>
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> If you try and start dm (prefdm.service) then you will NOT get a tty1
</I>>>><i> getty (prefdm.service conflicts with <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">getty at tty1.service</A>), but all other
</I>>>><i> tty's should be fine (handled by <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">autovt at .service</A>)
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Maybe, but I never asked to have prefdm and in fact I don't want X
</I>>><i> terminal.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> All sys admin expect to have a tty on first console and just having
</I>>><i> "starting dm service" whereas I know it cannot start is really
</I>>><i> confusing.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Cannot prefdm/X11/whatever be started on 7nd console like during the
</I>>><i> years 90th ? :)
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Ah, back at that one again. We had a lengthy and lively debate about
</I>><i> this not so long ago where exactly this scenario came up. Don't
</I>><i> remember whether it was on this list or the -discuss list.
</I>><i>
</I>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 :/
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