> Steven P. Ulrick wrote: > >> My problem is that if I run "/sbin/telinit 1" from a terminal while in > >> runlevel 5, the normal messages appear and everything LOOKS fine, but then I > >> am dumped to a plain black screen with no apparent way of escape. I > >> actually have to reboot to get out of it... > > > > Like the question says, instead of ending up at a command prompt, I am dumped > > to a plain black screen with no apparent way to get out. The only way to get > > out of it is to hit the reset button on my computer and reboot. If I phrased > > all of that clearly, you probably see the difference (for me anyway) between > > running "/sbin/telinit 1" on Fedora 8 and Fedora 11. > > X now runs off VT1, I think, whereas it used to be VT7. "telinit 1" > would drop you to VT1, where the X had been before. Have you tried > "ALT-F2" (or "CTRL-ALT-F2") while in the black screen to get to a > console? Hello Rick I THINK that I have tried that before, but I will try again just to be sure. Be back in a few to tell you what happened... Steven P. Ulrick -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
