Description of problem: Unable to view a login prompt on tty1-6 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.login 2. press ALT CTRL F1 - F6 3. Actual results: No login prompt Expected results: to be able to login to the shell Additional info:
What is your video card ? What do you see exactly when you press CTRL-ALT-F1 ?
I also am having this problem. My video card is an Intel i845 inside a Dell GX260 I get a blank screen when switching to a TTY using F1 to F6
In reply to comment #2: Your problem is fixed in xorg-x11-6.8.2-45
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02) 00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02) 00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03) 01:01.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05) 01:02.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6105 [Rhine-III] (rev 8b) 01:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
what i see when I try tty F1 -F6 is a Black screen Thats it nothing more. If i change the boot command to run level 3 i can login Like i should be able to in run level 5 When I login and type startx then try to switch to tty F1 -F6 I cannot see a login. If I boot normally, I cannot see tty F1 -F6
This problem with intel i855 chipset is fixed in xorg-x11-6.8.2-45. You can upgrade to it with: $ yum --enable=development -y update xorg-x11 An FC4 update will be available soon. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 161242 ***