[SOLVED] systemd - login on VTs

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Hi
This is probably pretty lame question, but anyway. I use systemd and it boots into graphical.target, starting X and KDE, which is what I want. Also, judging from /etc/systemd/logind.conf it allocates 6 VTs
cat /etc/systemd/logind.conf
[Login]
#NAutoVTs=6
#ReserveVT=6
so my X session is on tty7, that is ok. Now, I heard that it spawns gettys "on-demand" whenever you switch to another TTY, so when I do Ctrl+Alt+f1 it is supposed to spawn getty.service on the first VT. Here is my [email protected] (I changed it a little from the default [email protected] so it is not a symlink)
cat /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/[email protected]
# This file is part of systemd.
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
[Unit]
Description=Getty on %I
Documentation=man:agetty(8)
After=systemd-user-sessions.service plymouth-quit-wait.service
After=rc-local.service
# If additional gettys are spawned during boot then we should make
# sure that this is synchronized before getty.target, even though
# getty.target didn't actually pull it in.
Before=getty.target
IgnoreOnIsolate=yes
# On systems without virtual consoles, don't start any getty. (Note
# that serial gettys are covered by [email protected], not this
# unit
ConditionPathExists=/dev/tty0
[Service]
Environment=TERM=linux
# the VT is cleared by TTYVTDisallocate
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noclear %I 38400
Type=idle
Restart=always
RestartSec=0
UtmpIdentifier=%I
TTYPath=/dev/%I
TTYReset=no
TTYVHangup=no
TTYVTDisallocate=no
KillMode=process
IgnoreSIGPIPE=no
# Unset locale for the console getty since the console has problems
# displaying some internationalized messages.
Environment=LANG= LANGUAGE= LC_CTYPE= LC_NUMERIC= LC_TIME= LC_COLLATE= LC_MONETARY= LC_MESSAGES= LC_PAPER= LC_NAME= LC_ADDRESS= LC_TELEPHONE= LC_MEASUREMENT= LC_IDENTIFICATION=
# Some login implementations ignore SIGTERM, so we send SIGHUP
# instead, to ensure that login terminates cleanly.
KillSignal=SIGHUP
[Install]
Alias=getty.target.wants/[email protected]
Now, all this is fine, but why I cannot see login propmt? I just see "Welcome to GRUB" and that's all, no way to type in anything. I'd like to have a login program there if possible.
Last edited by mrzeznicki (2012-10-15 09:35:13)

Answer 1

Trilby wrote:
Have you tried other ttys (3-6)?
I ask because you assume that X is running on tty7, that is most likely not true.  I do not use a graphical target, I log in to tty1 and launch X from there, then X runs on tty2.  I can get free tty's on tty3-tt6.
I've never used the graphical target, but I suspect it also launches X on the first available tty.  If tty1 is similarly used to launch X and it runs on tty2, then you'd only have ttys on 3-6.
Yes, I have. It is the same. I assume that X is running on tty7 because ctr+alt+f7 brings me to a X session. Nevertheless, every non-graphical session gives me the same result. Blank screen with Welcome to GRUB!. I am certain that systemd actually spawns those darn gettys because, having switched to tty3:
$ systemctl status [email protected]
[email protected] - Getty on tty3
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/[email protected])
Active: active (running) since Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:25:17 +0200; 3s ago
Docs: man:agetty(8)
Main PID: 2443 (agetty)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/[email protected]/tty3
└ 2443 /sbin/agetty --noclear tty3 38400
Are you able to login on non-X VTs without problem and out-of-the-box?