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

[Wolfgang Bornath]

2012/3/6 Olivier Thauvin <nanardon at nanardon.zarb.org>:
> * 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Cannot prefdm/X11/whatever be started on 7nd console like during the
> years 90th ? :)

Ah, back at that one again. We had a lengthy and lively debate about
this not so long ago where exactly this scenario came up. Don't
remember whether it was on this list or the -discuss list.

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wobo