> ---------- > From: Fritz Whittington[SMTP:f.whittington@xxxxxxx] > Reply To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: 13. januar 2004 18:56 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Switching from run level 5 to 3 hangs > > On or about 2004-01-13 10:49, David Balazic whipped out a trusty #2 > pencil and scribbled: > > >>From: Fritz Whittington[SMTP:f.whittington@xxxxxxx] > >> > >>On or about 2004-01-13 03:53, David Balazic whipped out a trusty #2 > >>pencil and scribbled: > >> > >> > <snip> > > >Are you sure ? > >There is a root shell on VT1 without you actually logging in there ( by > >entering the > >"root" username and the corresponding password ) ? > >I don't believe you ;-) > >Maybe you should tell exactly what you did before entering "telinit 3". > >>From boot on. > > > > > > > Well, of course! :-[ From a fresh boot (to level 5), the first time > you go to 3 you get a login prompt, and have to login (doesn't matter > whether you start from Gnome or KDE). Then when you issue the telinit > 5, get back to say KDE, logout, login under Gnome, and do a telinit 3 > again, you have never logged off of tty1, so naturally when you go back > there you have the prompt. > > But, that oddity aside, the rest of the process I described seems to be > the "normal" and designed behavior to me. I guess leaving root logged > in on tty1 is a side effect that seems a little iffy, but fits with the > way the system is expected to operate. > Of course. "init <whatever>" != logout It is normal that the shell stays on VT1. > -- > Fritz Whittington > I'm using MozTweak addon, and you? MozTweak: http://mozillapl.mozdev.org/ > >
