[xubuntu-users] Help requested

[jr]

On 31/12/11 01:42, Jan Chandler wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I installed Ubuntu, didn't care for Unity and started experimenting with
> desktops. Can't stand bouncy, fancy or cute so I settled on xUbuntu, but
> here is the thing, it now hangs on load.
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if you've little or no personal data on the machine, back up /home and 
do a clean install of Xubuntu, probably easiest.

> I was attempting to lighten the load by unchecking items in various
> system settings and trying to get rid of the accessibility options that
> started to come up automatically. I also kept loosing the
> minimize/restore/close bar and also had conflicts with the screen saver
> making me enter my password four times (really, 4). Now, it just sits
> there on the "loading xubuntu" screen. I can still load XP, so I'm
> pretty sure it isn't the hard drive. Beyond that, I'm stumped.
>
> So, now what do I do?
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> Please help.
>
> Thanks,
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> Jan Chandler
> Writer & Poet
> https://webspace.utexas.edu/jchandle/www/index.html
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jr.