Bug 476749

Summary:	no error messages or tty1 fallback for gdm/X-server failure
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Roland McGrath <roland>
Component:	upstart	Assignee:	Casey Dahlin <cdahlin>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	10	CC:	cdahlin, notting, vanhoof
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Description Roland McGrath 2008-12-16 22:09:16 UTC

Description of problem:

When the X server fails to start, there are no error messages on the console,
and tty1 does not revert to a text login prompt.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

upstart-0.3.9-19.fc10.i386
gdm-2.24.1-2.fc10.i386

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. echo lose > /etc/X11/xorg.conf
2. reboot
3. in boot loader, remove "rhgb" from command line
  
Actual results:

Last message is "Starting anacron", no more output on tty1.

Expected results:

Show some messages about gdm/X failing, then switch to text login prompt.

Additional info:

Note that bug 476747 makes this far worse when "rhgb" is in the command line and you get the "solar" graphical boot screen.

Without graphical boot, it is possible to hit Alt-F2 and get a text login on tty2.  But this is very nonobvious, and a user will usually just wait several minutes to see if it finishes starting up or says something useful.

Comment 1 Casey Dahlin 2008-12-16 22:14:13 UTC

this is probably an issue with the actual scripts/jobs. Bill?

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2008-12-17 03:51:38 UTC

That's nontrivial to implement in that way; there's no event emitted for 'respawn limit hit'.

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2009-11-18 10:29:32 UTC

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