Bug 453392 – gnome-base/gdm USE=plymouth prevents the automatic switch to vt7 on startup

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jan Vesely 2013-01-21 18:54:04 UTC]

gdm is configured with --with-initial-vt=7 (gdm-3.6.2.ebuild:174).
However, systemd expects display manager on on vt1
(see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817186#c1).

Removing --with-initial-vt=7 fixes the issue

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Jan Vesely 2013-02-09 16:45:42 UTC]

Turns out this was caused by plymouth useflag, after recompile with -plymouth gdm starts ok on vt7 with an automatic switch.

[Comment 2 Alexander Tsoy 2013-02-10 12:37:10 UTC]

Strange, but if I configure gdm to start on vt1, them I have a lot of permission problems. Gnome asks me for a root password for actions like reboot, doesn't allow me to configure network, etc..

[Comment 3 Jan Vesely 2013-02-12 09:10:43 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Strange, but if I configure gdm to start on vt1, them I have a lot of
> permission problems. Gnome asks me for a root password for actions like
> reboot, doesn't allow me to configure network, etc..

I had this problem too, but I considered it a separate issue. The problem in this bug is that USE=plymouth will prevent the automatic switch to vt7 on startup.

[Comment 4 Pacho Ramos 2013-07-27 11:37:38 UTC]

Are you able to reproduce with gdm 3.8?

[Comment 5 Jan Vesely 2013-07-27 16:10:37 UTC]

(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #4)
> Are you able to reproduce with gdm 3.8?

yes (using systemd init). it also captures keyboard input (vt switch still works).
I think it's working as intended, given that gnome expects gdm to start on vt1.

[Comment 6 Pacho Ramos 2013-07-27 16:30:53 UTC]

This shouldn't occur per:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25749

Please report the problem here:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gdm

[Comment 7 Pacho Ramos 2013-08-24 13:19:39 UTC]

Did you report it?

[Comment 8 Jan Vesely 2013-09-10 18:45:56 UTC]

(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #6)
> This shouldn't occur per:
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25749

I don't think this applies. If I understand correctly that bug is about running plymouth on other VTs than vt1.
In this case plymouth runs on VT1, it is gdm that needs to switch the VT and fails to do so.

(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #7)
> Did you report it?

reported here:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=707876

sorry it took so long. However, I expect the bug to be closed with the same comment as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817186#c1

[Comment 9 Pacho Ramos 2014-03-20 21:29:07 UTC]

+  20 Mar 2014; Pacho Ramos <[e-mail]> gdm-3.10.0.1-r1.ebuild:
+  --with-initial-vt=7 conflicts with plymouth, bug #453392 by Jan Vesely
+

[Comment 10 Frédéric Romagné 2014-05-07 15:00:41 UTC]

You forgot to remove --with-initial-vt=7 \ line 171...It is still enabled. That's been a year I am waiting for this...thanks a lot!

[Comment 11 Pacho Ramos 2014-05-10 19:37:34 UTC]

+  10 May 2014; Pacho Ramos <[e-mail]> -gdm-3.10.0.1.ebuild,
+  gdm-3.10.0.1-r1.ebuild:
+  Really fix the vt issue with plymouth (#453392#c10), drop old
+