I just wanted to close this out as resolved. I believe the hanging had to do with enabling the audio cape (when I removed that from the uEnv.txt it worked fine). I do appreciate the help and insight.
I didn't mean to play a guessing game. I dont have a serial connection, or was aware of a serial log. I under estimated what all one has to learn about to just get setup to write the program one wants to do (linux admin, etc). I have spent hours searching and such, but apparently I need to do more.
Anyway, I have it working using the information you provided. It was helpful, and I appreciate it.