Description of problem: I boot the system into runlevel 5. From an xterm I do an init 1. Then I do an init 3. I see it go into runlevel 3, but it ends with "Starting HAL daemon: [ OK ]" and I never get a login prompt. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: I was able to reproduce this on RHEL 4 U3 and Fedora Core 5. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot to X, login and open a terminal 2. init 1 3. at the prompt, init 3 Actual results: Stuck on a screen that ends with "Starting HAL daemon: [ OK ]" Expected results: should see a login prompt Additional info:
Since you ran 'init 1' from X, your shell is on the tty that X ran from (usually tty7 or tty8). When you run 'init 3', you remain on that tty. login is only started on tty1-tty6 by default; hitting 'ctrl-<f1>' through 'ctrl-<f6>' should cycle through the ttys.