On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Kalman Reti <kalman.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Kalman Reti <kalman.r...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Sebastien Bacher <seb...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >>> could you try if that's still an issue in lucid? >> >> Yes, "sudo telinit 1" still doesn't get you to a single-user command >> prompt from the livecd. The messages displayed (without CR preceding >> some lines so they are indented) on the (completely nonfunctional) >> console are: >>
> I just tried it again after having booted with vga=<mode>. My > intention was just to see if I would get more messages to the console, > but it made it work! > > My guess (as yet unconfirmed) is that it was really waiting for the > response to the menu asking what to do, just not displaying it > correctly. Is there perhaps some locking on console switching causing > a deadlock? Indeed, if I blindly type the right number of downarrows (6) to get to the non-networking root prompt option of the menu, then blindly type /sbin/shutdown -r now, it reboots. So it is the display that's the problem, not getting into single user mode. Perhaps the kernel IS involved? > > I also think that the priority should be higher, since there are many > times when x wedges in such a way that I need to get into single user > mode. This worked correctly up through jaunty and has prevented me > from upgrading my machines past jaunty. > >> >> ctrl-alt-delete DOES eject the CD, so it must have taken it as a sign >> to restart, but there are no additional console messages >> >>> >>> ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) >>> Importance: Undecided => Low >>> >>> ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) >>> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete >>> >>> -- >>> telinit 1 (or init 1) doesn't work in karmic beta livecd >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446225 >>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >>> of the bug. >>> >> > -- telinit 1 (or init 1) doesn't work in karmic beta livecd https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446225 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
