I'll throw in some advice on testing your hardware to make sure it doesn't have any problems. Download http://www.ultimatebootcd.com and burn the LiveCD to an ISO. Boot to it and run an Advanced test of "Drive Fitness Test" which is a hard drive test. It should pass with a green screen after 30min + depending on your hard drive size. I'd also give Memtest86 a run for a least one full loop, overnight would be better thou. Forgive me if you already know how to do all of this and have tested your hardware. I try to test my hardware when I'm having strange errors just to rule it out. Nothing like working to fix a problem for hours only to determine that some hardware is starting to go bad. Jason On 7/24/06, Chris Schumann <cschumann at twp-llc.com> wrote: > > Hey all, > > I hope you guys will help me start along the path to having l33t Linux > hax0r > sk1l7. > > I have a ThinkPad 600X (800MHz PIII, 576MB RAM, 40GB disk, etc) that WAS > running FC5 just great... but I did some updates and messed around with > the > Services settings. > > The first bad sign was that the machine would hang during booting right > before the login screen. I had to turn it off, but I could boot into > runlevel 3, log in and run "init 5" and everything was great. So I tried > to > fix it... > > Now, starting in runlevel 3 hangs right after it asks me for a user name. > The system is completely unresponsive. I haven't tried to go in remotely > because it's set up for spiffy WiFi with the easy configuration tool, but > I > have to log in and give it the default keyring password before it will > configure the card. > > So now, I can boot into runlevel 1. Joy. > > So, tipsters, what's my next step to restoring my portable workstation, > besides reformatting and restoring my user files from backup? (And yes, I > have a backup.) > > I'd really like to be able to diagnose what's going on, because I have two > laptops running Linux, and I'd like to get another one in the house to > switch, but right now my credibility is a little tarnished. > > Pointers and questions gleefully taken and answered. > > Many thanks, > Chris Schumann > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060725/7e02580c/attachment-0001.htm