First boot from mini.iso

[Ritmo2k]

Why does the first boot after installing with the mini.iso leave you at a terminal with a blinking cursor, its not until you switch to tty1 you get a login prompt?

Thanks

[jerrrys]

If you expect to see gnome-terminal, you must install it:

sudo apt-get install lightdm gnome-session-fallback gnome-terminal

[Ritmo2k]

If you had no intention of installing a desktop on the server, you are forced to always switch tty after it boots.

How do you change the final tty it finishes booting to?

Thanks

[jerrrys]

ubuntu-standard

I ran this package once without any GUI installed and if I remember right, it gives a terminal experience with a UI mix. May want to try it.

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[gmargo]

How do you change the final tty it finishes booting to?

Good question, and I want the answer too.

Here's an information bit: If you install the "server" edition, then the tty starts up on 1 like it should. So we should be able to figure out the difference.

[gmargo]

I love virtual machines.

I installed two new systems, side by side. One from mini.iso, one from the server .iso.

Here's the difference, from /proc/cmdline:

The mini.iso install has "splash quiet vt.handoff=7" appended to the boot parameters, where the server install does not. Sounds like that "vt.handoff" is the culprit.

Now see the file /etc/grub.d/10_linux. It adds "vt.handoff=7" if the "splash" parameter is present.

So go and edit /etc/default/grub.
Remove "splash quiet" from the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT string so it is empty:


GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
And run "update-grub". Then reboot happily onto the default tty1.

[Ritmo2k]

Nice dude!