[RESOLVED] X1000 won't boot from HD into Workbench

[SteveH]

Following a recent power outage, my X1000 no longer boots into Workbench - or at least, it won't display Workbench. The boot process starts fine and I get as far as selecting the AmingaOS boot partition but after the OS4.1 splash screen appears, the monitor goes black. I have tried booting from two different partitions and used two graphics cards, with the same result. I can, however, boot from the AmigaOS4.1 CD with no problem.
I assume a driver or setting has become corrupted but don't know which one it might be - and pointers would be appreciated. What should I be checking?
Steve

[SteveH]

Finally captured serial output (turns out I needed a new internal serial cable). Crash log attached.
Steve

[SteveH]

You could, while booted from the CD, try to rename your .prefs files in Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys/ one by one and try booting from HD after each. I know, tedious work, but it should lead to more enlightenment :-).

Thanks for the advice, Niels. I have been trying this when I get time, renaming .prefs files one by one in date order (ie, those most recently modified first) and then rebooting, but no joy so far
Would running a higher level of debug provide additional useful information?
Steve

[SteveH]

You could, while booted from the CD, try to rename your .prefs files in Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys/ one by one and try booting from HD after each. I know, tedious work, but it should lead to more enlightenment :-).

Interesting - I took the "nuclear option": while booted from the CD, I renamed the entire Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys/ drawer on my HD and copied over the one from the CD. After doing this, I could successfully boot from HD into Workbench, although of course most tools weren't working and the screenmode was incorrect ... but it does prove the problem lies somewhere in Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys/
Will now replace the .prefs files with ones from the renamed folder.
Steve
[EDIT] Partial success - as I am slowly reinstating files from the original Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys/ drawer, I'm still able to boot from HD and more functionality is returning, including correct screenmode. I'll keep going until bootup fails, as which point I'll know what the problem was.
[RESOLVED] Turns out the culprit was locale.prefs. Having removed that file, and re-setting the locals preferences, all is working again - thanks to Niels for the advice about checking the .prefs files