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after splash screen login in.. - ubuntu 10.04.. I FREEZE!

Asked by rouge6

start up problems... ok.. first off.... recovery mode never loads... I attempted recovery cuz my boot will login in but never loads the "task" panel.. or start bar....... it just sits there on the mouse and back ground after I log in

two issues

--normal generic mode

task pane never loads..

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recovery freezes in a dos looking screen

.. the laptop .. ceases to respond.. the mouse lags all over the place and i'm really rather annoyed.. I just wanna use ubuntuu on the laptop...

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rouge6 (rouge6blood) said : 		#1

ANY HELP would be greatly thanksed...

honestly... im a windows power user so this linux interface makes me feel extremly lost... is there a key combo while booting I can press that is like the windows TASK MANAGER!?

I'd feel better if I could just watch stuff load...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Hold shift at boot, select recovery mode, select root.

Then run:

useradd testuser; passwd testuser

you can chnage 'testuser' to whatever you wish, you have now created a test user. If you then run:

reboot

Log in as the new user, is it ok?

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rouge6 (rouge6blood) said : 		#3

yes, this works... but I have another issue... it works awesome I like ubuntu's ease... but.... my video lags... X lags horrible.. meaning my cursor... it runs better in failsafe then it does in NORMAL video mode.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Please create a new question for your X issue

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