Macbook Pro worked fine yesterday, today it won't boot past the password login screen. Any walkthroughs available to get it working?

It powers up, gets to the login screen, accepts my entry, then stops.

(NOTE: Running original start-up disk, I noticed OS on computer is 10.5.8 and the disk is 10.5.7)
My actions/results:
Verifiy Disk:
- Incorrect block count for file system.log (Should be 920 instead of 463)
Checking Volume Information:
-The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired : ERROR: File system verify or repair failed
- (popup) First Aid Failed. Disk Utility stopped verifying "Macintosh HD" because of error. File system verify or repair failed.
Repair Disk:
- Incorrect block count for file system.log (Should be 920 instead of 463)
- The volume Macintosh HD was repaired successfully
Verify Permissions:
-Permissions differ on "private/var/log/secure.log" - Should be -xx-------, th
-Group differs on "Library/Preference Panes" - Should be 0, group is 80
-Permissions differ on "Library/Preference Panes" - Should be (xxxxx-xx-x)
-ACL Found but not expected on "Applications/Time Machine.app"
-ACL Found but not expected on "Applications/Utilities"
- Permissions repaired successfully

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Message was edited by: MixtapeChick

MixtapeChick:
Welcome to Apple Discussions. Congratulations on your "new" PowerBook. I suggest that you begin with this combination procedure:
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