On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 16:31 -0500, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Has any one seen this behavior on FC4 systems, and know what to do about > it? > > You go into a text terminal and wan to change to > init level 3, so you execute the command init 3. The machine hangs. (more about > this later) > > So just to try something you enter init 1 instead of init 3. The machine > goes to init level 1. Aha you say. I know what to do and you type init 3 > The machine not to be bested by a mere user changes to init > level 5. > > A kind of work around> > > If you go into a terminal and you type init 3 and it > hangs in various places depending on how long you wait and whether you hit > return. Now you hit ctrl-alt-f7 the screen goes black. You then hit > ctl-alt-f1 and eureka you are in init level 3. Is that obscure enough a > procedure for you. I tried this on three machines and it worked > every time. > > What is happening here? Does any one know? > > > -- > > ======================================================================= > I hope you're not pretending to be evil while secretly being good. > That would be dishonest. > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > Aaron, Does hitting return in the virtual terminal return a prompt after you enter runlevel 3? I have seen what you describe on FC3. I think the prompt after typing init 3 is getting lost. I just reproduced it on an x86_64 machine and I see on an i386 machine as well. Maybe a bug report is in order. Bob...
