Boot fails

["bloodshot" <bloodshot@ntlworld.com>]

I'm running potato and everything's been fine for the last couple of months
until the other day when I had to shut down for an evening. I have
upgraded/installed several programs since the original installation, but
unfortunately as everything seemed to function OK I never noted any details.
I think Skipstone was the last program I installed.
Now when I restart the boot sequence hangs at this point:


INIT: Entering runlevel: 2
Starting system log daemon: syslogd klogd.
Starting anac(h)ronistic cron: anacron .
Starting cannaserver...


I've tried using a rescue disk to get in and fix the problem (maybe by
removing cannaserver) but still can't get past this point. Can anyone help??


Thanks


Paul