Switching from run level 5 to 3 hangs

[David Balazic]

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> From: 	Fritz Whittington[SMTP:f.whittington at att.net]
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> Sent: 	13. januar 2004 18:56
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> Subject: 	Re: Switching from run level 5 to 3 hangs
> 
> On or about 2004-01-13 10:49, David Balazic whipped out a trusty #2 
> pencil and scribbled:
> 
> >>From: 	Fritz Whittington[SMTP:f.whittington at att.net]
> >>
> >>On or about 2004-01-13 03:53, David Balazic whipped out a trusty #2 
> >>pencil and scribbled:
> >>    
> >>
> <snip>
> 
> >Are you sure ?
> >There is a root shell on VT1 without you actually logging in there ( by
> >entering the
> >"root" username and the corresponding password ) ?
> >I don't believe you ;-)
> >Maybe you should tell exactly what you did before entering "telinit 3".
> >>From boot on.
> >
> >  
> >
> Well, of course!  :-[   From a fresh boot (to level 5), the first time 
> you go to 3 you get a login prompt, and have to login (doesn't matter 
> whether you start from Gnome or KDE).  Then when you issue the telinit 
> 5, get back to say KDE, logout, login under Gnome, and do a telinit 3 
> again, you have never logged off of tty1, so naturally when you go back 
> there you have the prompt. 
> 
> But, that oddity aside, the rest of the process I described seems to be 
> the "normal" and designed behavior to me.  I guess leaving root logged 
> in on tty1 is a side effect that seems a little iffy, but fits with the 
> way the system is expected to operate.
> 
Of course. "init <whatever>" != logout
It is normal that the shell stays on VT1.

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> Fritz Whittington
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