Bug 457449

Summary:	no warning that text nmode installs default to init 3
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Arthur Pemberton <pembo13>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	9	CC:	ddumas
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Description Arthur Pemberton 2008-07-31 18:07:12 UTC

Description of problem:
Text mode installations default to init 3 with no warning and no instructions on
how to start X or permanently change to booting to init 3


How reproducible:

Every install


Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install via text mode
  

Actual results:

Assuming successful install, machine reboots into init 3 with no hints on how to
get to X.


Expected results:

During or post install with text mode, so brief instructions should be given on
how to change from init 3 to init 5 (temporarily and permanently)

Additional info:

I've got stuck on this myself at least once, and there is at the time of this
writing one user in the fedora-list confused by this behaviour.

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2008-07-31 20:21:39 UTC

Yes, text mode installations do imply a text mode login and system.  That's the
way it's always been.  anaconda is simply not the right place to
explain/warn/educate on this matter, since if we had to do that in every place
someone might want it, the result would be entirely too complicated to ever be used.

I will, however, update the documentation at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options to make this explicit.

Comment 2 Arthur Pemberton 2008-07-31 21:10:53 UTC

So what is the suggestion for users like this?
http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-list@redhat.com/msg09168.html

In my case, I had a second machine, and I knew how to get to
irc://freenode.net/fedora and I already knew how to get to init 5.

What's going to happen to those who don't?

Comment 3 Andy Lindeberg 2008-08-01 18:57:08 UTC

We have taken the option to select text mode out of the splash screen in
rawhide, so any user who goes to the extra trouble to run a text mode install
should already know the limitatitions it has.

Comment 4 Denise Dumas 2008-08-04 13:43:05 UTC

Arthur, this does point to the need for a documentation improvement.  Can you suggest some text that we could add to the install doc on text mode to help people who have tripped over this?