On Sun 25 Sep 2022 at 17:01:23 (+0200), Dmitry Katsubo wrote: > I am trying to make a following setup on Debian bullseye: > > * tty1 is used to display kernel messages only > * tty[2-5] are allocated for login > > I have modified /etc/default/console-setup so that it reads: > > ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[2-5]" > > and rebooted. What I observe is that tty1 displays kernel messages during the > boot (OK) but also ends with an invitation for login on tty1 (WRONG). > > How can I force that tty1 is not used for login?
I think you still need to run: # dpkg-reconfigure console-setup to get that variable enacted. Then check that the file /etc/console-setup/cached_setup_keyboard.sh, which AIUI is what does the work, has been modified. That's similar for a lot of configuration parameters in /etc/default/. Cheers, David.
