Kernel panic at boot?

[Corey Bettenhausen]

Jef Driesen wrote:
> When I boot my Ubuntu desktop, the system often freezes at the point 
> where the splash screen appears (in a very early stage of the boot 
> sequence, because the progress bar is almost empty). When this happens, 
> the LEDs on my keyboard start flashing and I believe this indicates a 
> kernel panic.
> 
> This happens quite often and as a result I often have to reset the 
> machine multiple times to make it boot. But once the system is finally 
> running, it works just fine.
> 
> How do I find out what is causing the problem?

Detailed logs are written on boot.  You can view these logs by clicking 
on "System -> Administration -> System Log".  Click on "kern.log" and 
"messages" in the tree on the left.  That should give you a start on 
finding the problem.
-Corey