text console not available?

[Ryan Golhar]

I'm running RHEL 5 on a Dell GX270 Optiplex.  I get the graphical login 
console, however if I switch to a text console using Ctrl+F1 or Ctrl+F2, 
etc, I only see a cursor and no log in.

If I hit enter, the cursor moves a few lines down but the login prompt 
never displays, the cursor is not in the leftmost position, so it looks 
like the login prompt is black on black.

This is a clean install, so I'm not sure what is going on.  Has anyone 
else seen this?

Ryan