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

[Barry Jackson]

On 06/03/12 12:46, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> 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.
>
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 :/