My Computer is stuck on the login screen!!!!! HELP!

i help down command+v during startup to see what was going on, and i get stuck on this command:
Jan 20 20:22:27 KYII com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.mDNSResponder[19]): posix_spawnp("/usr/sbin/mDNSResponder", ...): No such file or directory.
My computer was working fine and i shut it down, and then this occured when trying to start it up. hoping someone can tell me whats wrong. Thanks a lot, Kevin

im getting this same error on my old PB G4!
i did a new install of 10.5, then combo update to 10.5.6 and software update, so far all worked.
then i set up sharing and some sys pref params. after shutdown i cannot restart and get the above error (in single user or verbose mode)
the HD does not show any errors with diskutility, i did a PRAM reset. i erased the HD completely, reinstalled the OS, but the same error happens: spinning wheel and mDNSResponder file not found.....
any hint is appreciated

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