It isnt the kernel thats causing the problem. When you boot normally where does the loading stop. Thats where the problem is. May be a broke module or somthing similar. Callum <div> On 10/26/07, <a href="mailto:pkaplan1@comcast.net">pkaplan1@comcast.net</a> <<a href="mailto:pkaplan1@comcast.net">pkaplan1@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I did a clean install of Gutsy on a Thinkpad T41. Now, after selecting the default kernel boot option in Grub, the system freezes after clearing the Grub screen. However, if I select the option to boot the same kernel in recovery mode, the system boots normally to a command line with root logged in. At that point if I logout of the root account (CTRL-D), the system continues to start kdm at which point everything seems to work normally, i.e., I can login into user accounts. What's the problem here and how to allow booting of the default kernel? Paul -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>