On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 20:54, Claude Jones wrote: > On Sun December 4 2005 9:20 pm, Craig White wrote: > > at any rate, /var/log/messages should give you a clue what the problem > > is. > touch /.autorelabel didn't change a thing > var/log/messages looks clean as a whistle > > This is quite a mystery. When I have the new drive mounted, I get to the login > screen, put in my info, it flashes to the familiar blue background for a > moment, then the display goes black, and after a few moments the login screen > returns. > The only thing in var/log/messages is some cdrom failed to open messages Hit ctl-alt-F1 and try a text mode login. Maybe you will get a meaningful error message. Maybe it's the owner/permissions on the /home mount point. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx