Hallo I had the same problem here, but after some tracking, I found that the problem seems to be on the init.d script "earlykdm", if you start this script, the system will "hang" somehow. What I did to solve this was the following: 1.- Backup scripts "earlykdm" and "xdm" (found under /etc/init.d) 2.- Edit the script "xdm" removing "earlykdm" from: # Should-Start: ypbind $syslog gpm firstboot kbd resmgr earlykdm so now it will look like: # Should-Start: ypbind $syslog gpm firstboot kbd resmgr 3.- Open YaST on the shell and go to System->System Services (Runlevel) Once open, look for service "earlykdm" and disable it, save changes and exit YaST 4.- Now reboot your laptop and the system should start again Hope this helps you as it helped me, jeje Azael -- -- El mundo apesta y vosotros apestais tambien --