8.04 still locks up

[Nils Kassube]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> I just did this on my machine.
> That is, from the GUI I <Ctrl><F1>, logged in then issued

I think you mean "<Ctrl><Alt><F1>" - otherwise you are still in your GUI.

> <cat /etc/issue> which returned: Ubuntu 8.04.1 \n \l
> with nothing replaced.  

That's right if you really log in and issue the command. However, my 
suggestion to switch to a terminal login screen wasn't meant to really 
log in. It was only meant to show the use of the issue file in the real 
world, i.e. the login screen itself. I used Ctrl-Alt-F2 intentionally 
because on tty2 it is more obvious as there are no boot messages left 
over. On tty1 you have to use the enter key to see the login message in 
question. Well, maybe I should have explained it in the previous mail.


Nils