On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 12:14 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 21 March 2006 12:00, Bob Chiodini wrote: > > There should be something /var/log/messages if you are getting "fails" > > during boot. It's less than obvious, though. > > > That was the second place I looked - after boot.log - but I couldn't see > anything there related to the problem. Some interesting bits, though - > > Mar 21 11:24:16 david kernel: w83627hf 9191-0290: Enabling temp2, readings > might not make sense > > and it's dead right - they don't ;-) > > Anne Anne, There may be something at http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/ Is this an ASUS MB? There is lots of complaining in the FAQ. As to the failed system services. Try interactive mode. I do not have much experience there, but I believe you can "single-step" through some of the startup. Watch for the message about hitting "i". You may need to turn off rhgb. Bob...