Stanley A. Klein wrote on 04/12/2011 01:55 PM: > I did the 5.6 update yesterday. When I started the machine today, I did > not get a login screen -- it was just a blank screen with no cursor or > anything. I shut down, restarted and when grub came up selected the > previous kernel. The system came up as usual, presented a login screen, > and is working OK. > > There is apparently something buggy related to the new kernel > (2.6.18-238.5.1.el5). How far did it get during the boot - to where the GUI login should have been displayed, or did it die earlier? Anything enlightening in /var/log/messages or /var/log/Xorg.0.log? Did you try a boot to runlevel 3 or 1 to debug? Phil