Hmmmm, semi-repeatable failures to boot all the way up to a GUI-based login?
My first guess might be: - Maybe your graphics subsystem couldn't be initialized. Maybe your adapter has problems after a warm boot? Maybe driver not allowing enough time for initialization? Maybe compare output from "lsmod" for each case? See previous suggestions about /var/log/Xorg.0.log and friends. Another (rather less probable) shot-in-the-dark guess: - Maybe GRUB is intermittently loading the wrong kernel or handing it the wrong commandline. Are we sure you're running the same kernel in both situations? Maybe compare output from "uname -a" and "cat /proc/cmdline" for each case? I only mention that because the sort-of-cyclic nature you described made me think it's just barely possible you're enjoying some variant of this little bit of GRUB hell: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT+GRUB_DEFAULT _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/