On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 19:21, Igor Antonacci wrote: > Hi, > I've the same problem...when I switch to runlevel 3 > it hangs. > A workaround is switching into another console > (Ctrl-Alt-F1...F4) leaving the console no. 7 . > > What kernel do you have ? The one I have is > 2.4.22.2115. Yes, it seems that being in a VT is necessary to successfully run the `init 3` command. This indeed worked. BTW, this must not be a bug since I use the latest 2.4.22.2140.nptl and this behaviour is still resident. On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 19:27, Naoki wrote: > Wait a sec. This doesn't sound like a bug anymore, sounds like a > feature :) > There are only six virtual terminals enabled by default (1-6 funnily > enough) now if you issue the "/sbin/init 3" command from inside an X > window then it will drop down to the terminal from which it started > (7) but of course there is no 'mingetty' spawned for that device and > you can't do anything. You need to switch to one of the others. What exactly is the purpose of mingetty? It opens /dev/tty[1-6], and runs the (text) login program? In X (VT7), I ran `ps aux` and noticed that there were entries for `/sbin/mingetty tty[1-5]`. Why not tty6 as well? Also, out of curiosity, I tried to `kill -9` the tty5 mingetty process and switch to that VT, but the login prompt was still there. I thought it would have been terminated - maybe just a blank screen in place? On that note, what else is mingetty doing to keep running after being killed? > Console input will only work on VT 1-6. You can of course change that > though by altering the 'inittab' but be careful, and the X device > moves from 7 to 8 and so on if you do it. > > Matt, are you still seeing a 'hang' when using virtual terminal 1-6 ? What exactly are you meaning by "console input"? A tty line outside of a X shell environment? And yes, as per above, this problem is solved by switching to VT1-6 and running the aforementioned command. But I do wonder if this really is a feature..Many docs that mention exiting the X server to runlevel 3 never specify the need to switch to a VT first. What are the key differences between a VT session and switching to run level 3? I noticed that in a VT, all the processes associated with VT7 were still running within that VT. OTOH, as expected, running in runlevel 3 contains no X related processes such as gdm and gnome-session. On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 19:29, jurgen.defurne@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, Guys, > > Are you switiching in a terminal, and getting like > > message [OK] > message [OK[ > > and the system does not show the prompt at the > terminal anymore ? > > This is no hang, it is just that the background process > writes to the console, but the current shell > does not know about it, thus the prompt gets clobbered > by the init messages. > > Just press enter to redisplay the prompt. > > Regards, > > Jurgen Yes, pressing enter when this happens when initiated in a VT will bring the prompt back, however this does not work when trying to switch from the X shell (VT7). On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 19:53, David Balazic wrote: > What exactly is the right behavior in you opinion ? > In runlevel 3 there is nothing running on VT7 (except some system messages > sometimes appear), Well IMHO, this process should be more intuitive. Although *once* you know that switching VT's before switching runlevels is needed, this can lead to one seeing it as a "bug". you MUST switch to VT1 ( or any VT between 1 and 6 ) and work there. That is > what runlevel 3 means. As I queried above, it's my understanding that a VT and running in level 3 are not synonymous? -- Matt
