On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 08:31 -0400, Robert Locke wrote: > On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 06:38 -0500, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 06:15:54PM -0400, Bob Chiodini wrote: > > > On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 16:31 -0500, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > Has any one seen this behavior on FC4 systems, and know what to do about > > > > it? > > > > > > > > You go into a text terminal and wan to change to > > > > init level 3, so you execute the command init 3. The machine hangs. (more about > > > > this later) > > > > > > > > So just to try something you enter init 1 instead of init 3. The machine > > > > goes to init level 1. Aha you say. I know what to do and you type init 3 > > > > The machine not to be bested by a mere user changes to init > > > > level 5. > > > > > > > > A kind of work around> > > > > > > > > If you go into a terminal and you type init 3 and it > > > > hangs in various places depending on how long you wait and whether you hit > > > > return. Now you hit ctrl-alt-f7 the screen goes black. You then hit > > > > ctl-alt-f1 and eureka you are in init level 3. Is that obscure enough a > > > > procedure for you. I tried this on three machines and it worked > > > > every time. > > > > > > > > What is happening here? Does any one know? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Aaron, > > > > > > Does hitting return in the virtual terminal return a prompt after you > > > enter runlevel 3? > > > > > > I have seen what you describe on FC3. I think the prompt after typing > > > init 3 is getting lost. I just reproduced it on an x86_64 machine and I > > > see on an i386 machine as well. Maybe a bug report is in order. > > > > > > Bob... > > No prompt is returned. The machine has hung. However, I think what > > you are describing is the behavior on earlier versions. When you ran > > init 3 some lines appeared but after the line anacron appeared you had > > to hit return to get the prompt. > > > > In out case , either the screen goes black and hangs or sometimes you > > get as far as the line anacron but hitting return does nothing. > > > > -- > > Hey Aaron, > > Two things come to mind on this.... > > 1) Are we really, really sure it is "hung"? Sometimes with the death of > X, it leaves me on tty7, and simply hitting Ctrl-Alt-F1 or Ctrl-Alt-F2 > brings me to my text based login prompt. > > 2) I thought I remembered reading something about one or more of the X > video drivers causing problems going back and forth to text mode virtual > consoles. Perhaps trying a "more generic" video driver in your X > configuration (system-config-display - Hardware Tab). > > Of course, another test would be to try to connect to the machine > remotely after dropping it to runlevel 3 - you could try ssh'ing into it > to test whether it is truly hung or just a console thing... > > HTH, > > --Rob > As I see it, ctrl-alt-F7 is the graphics console and has no definition in runlevel 3. I have seen the same behavior as was reported where the console seemed to 'hang' when switching to runlevel 3 from runlevel 5. The simple expediency of using ctrl-alt-F2 gets me to a text console, and sure enough I find that the X windows system is not running. I put the 'problem' down to the fact that it is the terminal definition that goes away as X gets shutdown but the console is still set to a now undefined terminal. Switching to a terminal that is defined (F1 - F6) gets me past that every time.
