On 5/1/05, Wong Kwok-hon <kwokhon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 5/2/05, Gustavo Seabra <gustavo.seabra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to get to init 3 in a laptop. I open a shell, su -, then > > type "init 3". Then it only prints 4 lines: > > > > Starting irqbalance [ OK ] > > Starting lm_sensors [ OK ] > > Starting automount: No Mountpoints Defined [ OK ] > > Starting anacron: [ OK ] > > _ > > > > and then it freezes after that. The cursor just keeps blinking in the > > begginng of the next line, and never goes beyond this point. Any > > ideas? > > > > You should change the inittab file from level 5 to 3 and reboot the > PC. It would to the init 3 and if u want to back to X in next reboot. > You can change back the value fronm 3 to 5 in the file and not just > type init 3 because it would freezes. > Because I also got this when I perform the display card driver installation. > > Hope this help u... > > Wong Kwok Hon > Thanks. What I actually did is to use CTRL + ALT + F1 and then it gave me a login prompt. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gustavo Seabra Graduate Student Chemistry Dept. Kansas State University Registered Linux user number 381680 Say NO! to software patents: http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If at first you don't succeed... ...skydiving is not for you.
