2012/3/6 Pascal Terjan <[email protected]>: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 13:23, Colin Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: >> 'Twas brillig, and Olivier Thauvin at 06/03/12 12:38 did gyre and gimble: >>> * Colin Guthrie ([email protected]) 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 [email protected]), but all other >>>> tty's should be fine (handled by [email protected]) >>> >>> 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? > > >From what I read, because that's what was done during installation > > prefdm shouldn't be there on installs without X > >> 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? > > When you install a new machine (without X) and boot it, you expect to > be given a login prompt
This is one of the major points. I'm one of the greybeards who were fed F1 along with baby food but I can learn. But what I expect in any case, be it an installation without X or a "normal" installation where X fails to start, I expect to be dropped at a login prompt. -- wobo
