http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1176050 Bug ID: 1176050 Summary: No virtual consoles available when X server fails to start Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 15.2 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem Assignee: screening-team-bugs@suse.de Reporter: Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Due to missing Nvidia drivers X11 failed to start, showing that big sad face... When trying to find out what might be the problem, I realized that no text consoles had been started. At some later time I just "zapped the server" (how many users will know that?), and I found virtual consoles then. In the syslog I found (I suspect it might be related): Sep 02 07:48:05 pc6 echo[4573]: Switch to tty1 Successfully Sep 02 07:48:05 pc6 systemd[1]: Requested transaction contradicts existing jobs: Transaction is destructive. Sep 02 07:48:05 pc6 systemd-logind[1498]: Failed to start autovt@tty1.service: Transaction is destructive. Sep 02 07:48:05 pc6 display-manager[4499]: Shutting down service gdm..done -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.