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DietPi: keep the autologin on tty1 with core's new getty override - #2490

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Follow-up to #2298. Since community-scripts/core#25 (81a2e2ae) customize() writes one drop-in for every container-getty instance, container-getty@.service.d/override.conf, and removes the old @1 one. That fixed the - linux line as well, so the sed from #2298 has nothing left to match. But tty2 now autologins as root too, and on the first boot two dietpi-login instances race for the first run lock. In a container built from current main tty2 won 3 of 5 boots, and then the Proxmox console on tty1 only shows "DietPi first run setup is currently running on another screen" with no way to reach the setup from there.

This moves the drop-in to container-getty@1 right after customize(), so only tty1 logs in automatically and tty2 keeps the stock login prompt. The sed goes away with it. It only touches the file if it exists, so with a root password nothing changes.

I tried it in that container first by moving the file by hand, then tested the branch from scratch on PVE 9.2.24 with debian-13-standard 13.6-1 and the default settings. The drop-in ends up in container-getty@1.service.d, tty2 shows the normal login prompt, and on the first boot and three restarts after it (two pct reboot, one stop/start) only tty1 logged in, with TERM=linux and the first run lock every time. The pct reboot from 2268092 works fine here btw, the container comes back with the first boot done.

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community-scripts/core@81a2e2ae7d

core now writes one drop-in for every container-getty instance, so tty2
logs in as root too and DietPi's first run setup can start there, out of
sight of the Proxmox console. Move the drop-in to container-getty@1.
The same core change fixed TERM on that line, so the sed is no longer
needed.
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Try this script

ct/dietpi.sh, run in the Proxmox VE shell or on an Incus host:

COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mews-se/ProxmoxVED/dietpi-tty1-autologin \
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mews-se/ProxmoxVED/dietpi-tty1-autologin/ct/dietpi.sh)"

COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_URL is not optional for ct/. Fetching the ct/ script from a
branch does not tell the engine where that branch is — with bash -c "$(curl …)"
there is no file on disk for the scripts root to be derived from, so it would fall
back to upstream main and look for the install script there.

Against a core branch as well

Add COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_CORE_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OWNER/core/BRANCH
to test an engine change at the same time. The two resolve independently.

Useful flags while testing

dev_mode=net logs every fetch with status and duration, so you can confirm the
branch is really being used. dev_mode=keep stops a failed build from deleting
the container along with the evidence.

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MickLesk merged commit 7e76eb1 into community-scripts:main Oct 31, 2026
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