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Description of problem:
firstboot can end up running on top of an active console.  


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.110.4-1.el6

How reproducible:
seen one time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install with textmode (add "nomodeset text"  to standard kernel boot line
2. telinit 5 
3. realise that lots of sw is missing
4. yum install "X Windows System" "Desktop" "Polish Support" "Development tools"
5. telinit 3

  
Actual results:
on console 1 firstboot ran

Expected result:
if firsboot runs, it should grab its own console

Additional info:

I don't see why this is a bug. In my opinion, firstboot should discourage the average user from doing anything else while it is running. So it will grab the actual console, and return to it after you finish. If you want to have a console available, while running firstboot, you should switch to another terminal.
Looking at the steps required to reproduce this, it is not a standard installation, so you should not have any difficulties opening a new terminal, if you need it.

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