frozen out
by 1935Bill from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4RDHF)
LM MATE 17.1 Cybertron Custom 4000 Dual boot w/ WinXP for a few apps.
I was adding a second panel when the screen froze with only the wallpaper and movable cursor. Oh, and a slightly "jiggly" workplace switcher, also inop.
Nothing else works- can't click on anything, can't raise a terminal, no nothing.
I did a second install of same 17.1 and can go through Menu's "Computer" to get to the entire frozen install, files and all and everything works.
Have tried hard shutdowns. Rebooted with plain starts, optional fix-it starts, and searched the web high and low for a similar situation all to no avail. Seems that all I need is a way to unlock the desktop.
Currently doing this on the second bare-bones install.
I was adding a second panel when the screen froze with only the wallpaper and movable cursor. Oh, and a slightly "jiggly" workplace switcher, also inop.
Nothing else works- can't click on anything, can't raise a terminal, no nothing.
I did a second install of same 17.1 and can go through Menu's "Computer" to get to the entire frozen install, files and all and everything works.
Have tried hard shutdowns. Rebooted with plain starts, optional fix-it starts, and searched the web high and low for a similar situation all to no avail. Seems that all I need is a way to unlock the desktop.
Currently doing this on the second bare-bones install.