Alpha 3: Screen goes black.

[laidlaws]

Those "startkde" scripts probably should be there. I use "startx" in those circumstances.

Since you are travelling OK with the dual-arch Mageia 1, I will reinstall my DVD as a test bed, and update from there. I don't know how that will affect things like systemd. I still have to get familiar with that. Next-generation GRUB looks even worse!

[laidlaws]

I don't know where my reply a few minutes ago, went. No, I won't put the DVD back, because switching from a full install to Cauldron didn't work last time. I will start with the dual-arch, as you did.

[ferri]

I made fresh installation Mageia 2 Alpha 3 yesterday evening.
I allow updating during the installation. First start of system was OK.
But after rebooting login was impossible due to black screen. There was not any display manager.

[nextwave]

Has there been any progress with this issue?

[juergen_harms]

remove /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/ ... ty1.service

prefectly works as a work-around - OK for alpha and beta, but not beyond.

I just saw this morning:

We are just only one month before the version freeze and two weeks before planned release of Beta 1.

Maybe it would be a good idea to collect a list of bugs perceived by users as "show-stopper candidates" - to avoid them to get accidentally lost, and to have them cleaned up before the last-minute rush

[drakeia]

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remove /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service

prefectly works as a work-around - OK for alpha and beta, but not beyond.

It worked for me too. I can carry on other tests...
Thanks for the tip.
Was it mentioned somewhere else ? Did I missed it?

[juergen_harms]

Found it in bugzilla 4170 - had been mentioned in this thread ( Jan. 26)