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["Dimitris Symeonidis" <azimout@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi theresa,
which version of the eee do you have?
what you could try is log into a terminal and remove compiz and compiz-core
tell us if this worked for you
good luck

Dimitris Symeonidis
"If you think you're too small to make a difference, try sleeping with
a mosquito!" - Amnesty International



On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 22:09, Theresa <rockprinzess@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello friends,
>
> I couldn't resist and thought i'd go for an upgrade to Ibex, as maybe it
> would solve my wi-fi issues. The upgrade finished and then i clicked to
> restart the system, after the restart everything worked fine until all of
> the sudden the eeepc would restart once again, without me doing anything.
> From then on I can't start it anymore. I can log in via tty2 and tty3...for
> example i log in and then start GDM via
> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
>
> then the GDM login screen appears, but I can't type anything or use the
> touchpad at all....the cursor just wouldn't move :(
>
> I then restart the whole machine, and it's a vicious cylce, the machine
> wouldn't start GDM by itself, and when i start it over sudo /etc/.... i'm
> not able to type anything.
>
> Please tell me this is not the end of the world, and that it's a known issue
> :((((((
>
> I really really really shouldn't have upgraded, but everything seemed to
> work fine, so I don't know what the problem is. :(
>
> damn my curiosity.
>
> I'll appreciate any help! many thanks in advance!
>
> Theresa
>
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