On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 22:37:33 +0100
Michael Schwendt <mschwendt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:05:44 -0700, stan wrote:
> I boot into runlevel 5, login to Gnome as a user.
> Switch to a console (4, if that matters) (*not* an xterm), login as
> root.
Well, the original test-case is to use a graphical terminal, not
a virtual console.
That explains it. I (almost) always do root operations in a virtual
console if they are command line. If I have a time when I don't mind
rebooting, I'll try this the original way. But it probably won't work,
given your experience.