boot problem after recent kernel update

[David Curtis]

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?
> 
> Paul
> 
Does Grub return an error message?

If the kernel starts to boot, how far does it get? Try booting with the 
'no quiet' and 'no splash' option to see more output.

It seems to me that the only difference between 'normal' and 'recovery' 
is that recovery goes into single user (super user) mode. This happens 
_after_ the kernel is booted so maybe the prob is the splash option?

Dave