Virtual desktops on F23 server edition

stan stanl-fedorauser at vfemail.net
Thu Feb 25 04:36:10 UTC 2016


On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:12:58 -0800
CLOSE Dave <Dave.Close at us.thalesgroup.com> wrote:

> I don't seem to have any virtual desktops available after a fresh 
> installation of F23 server edition. What am I missing?

The virtual consoles are created by systemd at startup.

Do you have the following files on your system?
/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-getty-generator
/usr/lib/systemd/system/console-getty.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/container-getty at .service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty at .service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/getty.target
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-getty-generator.8.gz
/etc/systemd/logind.conf

The last file contains the defaults that systemd uses when generating
gettys.

$ cat /etc/systemd/logind.conf
#  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.
#
# See logind.conf(5) for details

[Login]
#NAutoVTs=6
#ReserveVT=6
#KillUserProcesses=no
#KillOnlyUsers=
#KillExcludeUsers=root
#InhibitDelayMaxSec=5
#HandlePowerKey=poweroff
#HandleSuspendKey=suspend
#HandleHibernateKey=hibernate
#HandleLidSwitch=suspend
#HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore
#PowerKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#SuspendKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#HibernateKeyIgnoreInhibited=no
#LidSwitchIgnoreInhibited=yes
#IdleAction=ignore
#IdleActionSec=30min
#RuntimeDirectorySize=10%
#RemoveIPC=yes


You could just do a 
dnf reinstall systemd
on your system.  Something must have gone really wrong for virtual
consoles to be missing.


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