Init fails on FC14

[stan]

On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 22:37:33 +0100
Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at 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.