<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.28.1"> </HEAD> <BODY LINK="#0000ff"> I would turn the computer off and after a minute try to restart. This time around it might give you the option to start in a "safe" mode (I don't really remember what it is called). Try that and see if you get it to work. If it works, sign off and try again in normal mode. Good luck! Juan -----Original Message----- From: Mr Kenneth Bennett <<A HREF="mailto:Mr%20Kenneth%20Bennett%20%3ckeneb01@att.net%3e">keneb01@att.net</A>> To: <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-us-tx-dallas@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-us-tx-dallas@lists.ubuntu.com</A> Subject: [UbuntuDallas] system hangs at login Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:57:49 -0500 Hi, I just loaded ubunto9.10 with the Gnome desktop.  Load was great, no problems, good color sharp crisp full screen windows.    I take out the disk, hit return, and the system reboots.  Login screen comes up, test login by logging in with wrong passwd.  I get a beep and return to login screen.   I then login with real user and passwd.  The system then hangs; mouse doesn’t move screen does not change.   Any ideas?   Thanks in advance,   Ken Bennett       </BODY> </HTML>