Hello everyone again,
Problem solved.
Here is what was done.
Removed the kmscon package. This enabled the machine to boot to a tty text
prompt.
xinit and startx still failed.
Added this config to /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config:
needs_root_rights=yes
Reboot.
xinit and startx launched successfully.
Thanks.
ben
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2022, at 4:13 PM, Ben Nisenbaum via luv-main wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> The machine with the problem runs debian bookworm. It's updated and
> upgraded. The problem appeared after the
> last upgrade.
>
> The problem is that when I boot up, the machine boots to a text prompt
> which changes in a second to the prompt: /dev/pts/#
>
> When pressing Cntl+Alt+F2, another /dev/pts/# appears, not a /dev/tty#
>
> Before this problem appeared the machine booted to a text prompt where
> it either stays in the tty terminal, or starts X with xinit or startx.
> I need to start in the tty so I can work there, or run X if needed, and
> run a window manager.
>
> The following systemd services were enabled with the following status
> after a reboot:
>
> [email protected] --- active
>
> [email protected] --- Active: inactive (dead)
>
> The only line in the journal logs with getty in it was:
>
> getty on tty2-tty6 if dbus and logind are not available was skipped
> because of an unmet condition check
> (ConditionPathExists=!/usr/bin/dbus-daemon).
>
> This same line appears in other machines which do boot to a tty and
> have no trouble.
>
> Basic machine info:
> [ben@fen ~]$ inxi
> CPU: quad core Intel Core i3-9100 (-MCP-) speed/min/max: 3600/800/4200 MHz
> Kernel: 6.0.0-6-amd64 x86_64 Up: 1h 5m Mem: 907.1/7899.3 MiB (11.5%)
> Storage: 931.51 GiB (3.6% used) Procs: 206 Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.24
>
> My question is: how to get the machine to boot to /dev/tty again and
> also have all the other ttys at F2-F6 available as ttys?
>
> Thanks.
> ben
>
> PS I have looked about the net and some lists but cannot find helpful info.
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