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

[Frank Griffin]

On 03/06/2012 09:53 AM, Colin Guthrie wrote:..
> Sorry, I'm clearly not writing very eloquently today!!
>
> Dynamic getty's should work fine. I am using them here and even the
> initial message in this thread from Nanar said he also had it working
> (well his reply to m y response did).
>
> (Just to explain: this is configured in
> /etc/systemd/systemd-logind.conf. You should have NAutoVTs=6 (or have it
> commented out) to get autovt's working... If it's set to 0 it is
> disabled otherwise it should just work. See "man systemd-logind.conf"
> for details)
>
> So there is something on your system that is not working properly...
>
> Not sure why it wouldn't work, but as you say, pressing the key combos
> means you stay on the same desktop... if that is the case that would
> imply something is broken before the vt auto-activation - i.e. something
> in the key handling itself. I presume you are not using virtualbox or
> similar? In VB you have to use RightShift+ALT+Fn...
>
> Col
>

No, it's a native system, and CTRL-ALT-Fn has always worked.  I'll check 
out the files you mention; thanks for taking the time to explain.