On 2011/01/02 15:25 (GMT-0700) Michal Jaegermann composed: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 04:53:49PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> Hmmm, no more errors through 99rc-local, and all exited. > So something else is blocking you although this looks somewhat > puzzling. Maybe systemd is indeed a culprit? Maybe something else? > Missing getty processes? You can try to use SysRq key (check Google > for docs if you do not know what I am talking about) but before > attempting that you need to set > kernel.sysrq = 1 > in /etc/sysctl.conf before a boot attempt. ... > That running various services does not change a boot level. Check > 'man telinit' (and "SEE ALSO" section there). If after running all of S* start in rc3.d/ I do telinit 3, instead of getting a console with a login prompt (which announces Fedora 13 :-O ), KDM starts, and all other ttys are void of login prompts. I tried yum reinstall mingetty, but that didn't cause any apparent change. This is S* in /etc/rc3.d/: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 1 15:27 S07iscsid -> ../init.d/iscsid lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Dec 31 22:20 S10network -> ../init.d/network lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Mar 17 2010 S11auditd -> ../init.d/auditd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Dec 31 23:21 S11portreserve -> ../init.d/portreserve lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Dec 31 23:20 S12rsyslog -> ../init.d/rsyslog lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 1 15:27 S13iscsi -> ../init.d/iscsi lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Mar 17 2010 S13rpcbind -> ../init.d/rpcbind lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Mar 17 2010 S15mdmonitor -> ../init.d/mdmonitor lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 31 22:19 S22messagebus -> ../init.d/messagebus lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 31 22:33 S24avahi-daemon -> ../init.d/avahi-daemon lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Dec 31 23:29 S24nfslock -> ../init.d/nfslock lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 1 15:27 S24openct -> ../init.d/openct lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Dec 31 23:29 S24rpcgssd -> ../init.d/rpcgssd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Dec 31 23:29 S24rpcidmapd -> ../init.d/rpcidmapd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Jan 1 13:20 S25cups -> ../init.d/cups lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 31 22:20 S25netfs -> ../init.d/netfs lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Mar 17 2010 S26haldaemon -> ../init.d/haldaemon lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Dec 31 22:20 S26udev-post -> ../init.d/udev-post lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 31 23:08 S27pcscd -> ../init.d/pcscd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 31 23:09 S30nfs -> ../init.d/nfs lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 31 23:19 S55sshd -> ../init.d/sshd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 31 23:08 S58ntpd -> ../init.d/ntpd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 31 22:33 S90crond -> ../init.d/crond lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 31 22:20 S99rc-local -> ../rc.local Shouldn't there be something in there starting gettys, like a fbset? RPM query found no installed fbset package, but yum install fbset (2.1.29.fc12 ???) didn't add anything to /etc/rc3.d/, or help anything I could tell. -- "How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver." Proverbs 16:16 NKJV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test