boot problem after recent kernel update

[Mark Fraser]

On Friday 21 December 2007 10:50:52 Paul Kaplan wrote:
> I installed a sanctioned kernel update the other day.  After updating, one
> of my systems hangs immediately after the grub screen disappears, but only
> if I try to boot in normal mode.  If I boot in recovery mode, everything is
> normal.  The other machine boots fine in normal mode.
>
> Any ideas what the problem is?

Try pressing Alt-F1 just after the GRUB screen. It may be that you had changed 
some settings in menu.1st that weren't in the default section.