On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 11:51 -0400, Patrick Boutilier wrote: > Christopher A. Williams wrote: > <snip> > > 3) Switching to runlevel 3 (using the command: init 3) hangs the system. > > I never get to a text-mode login prompt. Changing /etc/inittab to > > default to runlevel 3 and rebooting works just fine. > > > > Did you try Ctrl-Alt-F1 ? If I remember correctly you get bumped over to > the 8th console (Ctrl-Alt-F8) when you switch runlevels. Good call! Looks like that's exactly what was happening. Ctrl-Alt-F1 indeed gets me where I want to be after switching runlevels. Cheers, Chris -- ==================================== "If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' someone else's dog around." --Cowboy Wisdom
