don fisher wrote: > I also have a 2.6.12.2 kernel. Both have initrd files. When I attempt > to log in from the console I am allowed to enter my user name and > password. As soon as I enter return for the password I am returned to > the login prompt. This also occurs when root attempts to log in. If I > boot the kernel that came with the FC4 distribution the login is > successful. Last time I had this problem it was because a partition was full - maybe /var . -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland