FC5 unbootable after yesterday's updates

[Claude Jones]

Did a normal yum update - enabled repos were core, updates, 
extras, kde-redhat-stable, and kde-redhat-testing (both 
kde-redhat include the 'all')

I didn't make a list but the major stuff updated was gnome and 
evolution. 

The machine won't boot into current or previous kernel. It gets 
to just before the log-in screen and locks up with a blue screen 
and a frozen pointer. If I boot into run-level 3, I get a log in 
prompt, but it won't accept a user name - it just returns the 
same prompt after entering the user. 

On start-up, I see failures to start crond, sshd, cupsd, and 
atd -
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Claude Jones
Brunswick, Md, USA