When I looked into /var/log/messages, these were the last few messages there: Dec 16 20:27:18 localhost pcscd: winscard.c:219:SCardConnect() Reader E-Gate 0 0 Not Found Dec 16 20:27:18 localhost last message repeated 9 times Dec 16 20:27:21 localhost kernel: mtrr: 0xd0000000,0x8000000 overlaps existing 0xd0000000,0x2000000 Dec 16 20:27:21 localhost last message repeated 2 times Dec 16 20:27:21 localhost kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. Dec 16 20:27:21 localhost kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 1x mode Dec 16 20:27:21 localhost kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 1x mode Dec 16 20:27:21 localhost kernel: [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map I do not now if that helps anybody out there, but it certainly means little to me. One more little tidbit that might be of use to someone in figuring this problem out: I had mentioned that I had FC6 running on this very same desktop, but reinstalled because I wanted to make more swap space. (And no, I did not update so cannot use an old kernel to boot.) On the last installation of FC6, the boot up time took ages, and I noticed there were a lot of xen messages at the end of the booting process. This time, there are none (and boot time is much faster). I do not know if xen has anything to do with this issue, but it might be helpful to know. Both installations of FC6 I did not update, but loaded FC6 fresh, though the first time I used prior disk partitioning and the second time I reformatting things. Some System Info: AMD Athlon 700 MHz 256KB Cache 512MB RAM ATI Radeon LE Graphic R100 QD 64 DDR
