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

Wolfgang Bornath molch.b at googlemail.com
Tue Mar 6 14:21:48 CET 2012


2012/3/6 Barry Jackson <zen25000 at zen.co.uk>:
> 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 :/

Yep, and I have one Cauldron installation working nicely but using
Ctrl+Alt+F1 inside the X session brings me to the system start
messages, while this should do nothing because X should reside on
tty1. :)

-- 
wobo


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