Yeah, sounds like the gettys aren't running to me either. ps -ef | grep getty to see if they are running On Thursday July 29 2004 13:02, Rafiq_Maniar@xxxxxxxx wrote: > In /etc/inittab you should have the following line(s): > > 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1 > 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1 > .... > > The 2nd field there lists the runlevels that mingetty (the login program) > should run in. I'm guessing you're missing '5' there. > > Rafiq > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sameer Kamat [mailto:sameer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 29 July 2004 17:57 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: text login > > > Hi > I have the default in inittab to run at 5(GUI mode). It works fine, > but if I hit CTRL+ALT+F1 I do > not see anything but a black screen. If I set the inittab default to > runlevel 3, > then I do get to a text login screen, however when I run startx to get to > the GUI I lose the text console. > > Does anyone have any thoughts on what I should be doing to fix this ? > > Thanks, > Sameer Kamat > Unitrends Software Corporation > sameer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > 803-454-0300 ext 211 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
