text console not available?

From: Ryan Golhar <golharam@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:13:32 -0400

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?

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