Hey all, I hope you guys will help me start along the path to having l33t Linux hax0r sk1l7. I have a ThinkPad 600X (800MHz PIII, 576MB RAM, 40GB disk, etc) that WAS running FC5 just great... but I did some updates and messed around with the Services settings. The first bad sign was that the machine would hang during booting right before the login screen. I had to turn it off, but I could boot into runlevel 3, log in and run "init 5" and everything was great. So I tried to fix it... Now, starting in runlevel 3 hangs right after it asks me for a user name. The system is completely unresponsive. I haven't tried to go in remotely because it's set up for spiffy WiFi with the easy configuration tool, but I have to log in and give it the default keyring password before it will configure the card. So now, I can boot into runlevel 1. Joy. So, tipsters, what's my next step to restoring my portable workstation, besides reformatting and restoring my user files from backup? (And yes, I have a backup.) I'd really like to be able to diagnose what's going on, because I have two laptops running Linux, and I'd like to get another one in the house to switch, but right now my credibility is a little tarnished. Pointers and questions gleefully taken and answered. Many thanks, Chris Schumann