Bug 23915 - Booting into a minimal install doesn't give me a login screen
Summary: Booting into a minimal install doesn't give me a login screen
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 22620
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia tools maintainers
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Reported: 2018-11-28 11:54 CET by Stig-Ørjan Smelror
Modified: 2018-12-20 19:31 CET (History)
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Cauldron Bootup (29.83 KB, image/png)
2018-11-28 11:54 CET, Stig-Ørjan Smelror 		Details
Standard Cinnamon installation runlevel 3 boot (37.78 KB, image/png)
2018-12-14 20:29 CET, Stig-Ørjan Smelror 		Details
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Description Stig-Ørjan Smelror 2018-11-28 11:54:04 CET 
A fresh install of Cauldron and the machine boots up and doesn't switch to a login console.
I've reported this before and it was kind of fixed, but now it's back to where it was before.

Setting init to 3 in grub doesn't help either.
Comment 1 Stig-Ørjan Smelror 2018-11-28 11:54:45 CET 
Created attachment 10516 [details]
Cauldron Bootup

Screenshot showing what I mean.
Comment 2 Stig-Ørjan Smelror 2018-11-28 11:55:24 CET 
Oh.

I have to Alt-Right to get to a login console.
Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2018-11-29 08:43:14 CET 
(In reply to Stig-Ørjan Smelror from comment #2)
> Oh.
> 
> I have to Alt-Right to get to a login console.

I would never have tried that, glad you did!

Assignee: bugsquad => mageiatools
CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 4 Martin Whitaker 2018-11-29 09:49:03 CET 
This may be a duplicate of bug 22620.

CC: (none) => mageia
See Also: (none) => https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22620

Comment 5 Stig-Ørjan Smelror 2018-12-13 21:21:12 CET 
To install a minimal install, do this.

1. On the software selection screen, select Custom
2. Click the button on the bottom, Clear All and hit Next
3. Uncheck the two check boxes and check the last one. I think it's called "Truly minimal (without urpmi)".

Installation should take a few minutes from there on out. Installation should also be about 420MB+ and around ~260 packages.
Comment 6 Stig-Ørjan Smelror 2018-12-14 20:29:54 CET 
Created attachment 10556 [details]
Standard Cinnamon installation runlevel 3 boot

This also happens on a standard installation. Just installed with Cinnamon as the desktop.

Added "3" at the end of the boot line and removed "splash quiet" and got nowhere.
Tried nokmsboot, nothing.
Tried with nomodeset, and got to "Starting Hold until boot process finishes up...".

Then have to Alt-Right Arrow to get to login prompt.
Comment 7 Martin Whitaker 2018-12-14 20:36:01 CET 
I still think this is bug 22620. Try the workaround given there.
Comment 8 Stig-Ørjan Smelror 2018-12-14 21:17:19 CET 
(In reply to Martin Whitaker from comment #7)
> I still think this is bug 22620. Try the workaround given there.

Thanks.

Why isn't this enabled by default?

Cheers,
Stig
Comment 9 Martin Whitaker 2018-12-15 19:00:05 CET 
(In reply to Stig-Ørjan Smelror from comment #8)
> Why isn't this enabled by default?

Don't know. If you run 'systemctl preset getty@.service' manually, the necessary soft link gets created in /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants, but this isn't happening when the systemd post-install scriplet gets run. The systemd package won't build currently, so I'm not able to debug this. Neil said he was going to update systemd soon, so we'll see if that fixes it.
Comment 10 Martin Whitaker 2018-12-20 19:31:27 CET 
(In reply to Stig-Ørjan Smelror from comment #8)
> Why isn't this enabled by default?

Now explained in bug 22620 comment #10

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 22620 ***

Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE
Status: NEW => RESOLVED
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