<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I've had problems as well, it seems that my machine doesn't like the most recent (and last 2 or 3) Linux kernals.</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I've resolved my problem by loading Crunchbang Linux (the version built on the 9.04 build) which has sorted out my issues.</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To possibly help with the login issue, I've had a problem like this in the past, and seem to remember that to get around it, I created a new profile, and deleted the original one. </font></div>
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">However I can't remember how I was able to create a new admin profile from the guest profile</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">...This isn't much help is it :/</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dave</font></div>