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

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Olivier Thauvin at 06/03/12 12:38 did gyre and gimble:
> * 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.

They why are you booting to a graphical target?

Check your /etc/systemd/system/default.target and if it's a symlink to
runlevel5.target or graphical.target then this is your problem.

You should instead symlink it to multi-user.target or runlevel3.target.

> 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.

Sorry not sure what you mean?

> Cannot prefdm/X11/whatever be started on 7nd console like during the
> years 90th ? :)

Sure, just copy prefdm.service to /etc/systemd/system and edit it to not
have a "Conflicts: getty at tty1.service" and then configure whatever dm
you have to start on vt7 (usually a matter of configuring which args are
passed to the X11 it starts.

Col


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