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November 25th, 2008, 09:22 PM
Sorry for my unofficial terminology, I really have no clue what I'm doing here (my friend switched me to linux and he'll be the one attempting to understand any responses). I figured this seemed serious enough to report.
I was doing nothing but waiting for a video to load and playing solitare, when suddenly my mouse stopped responding. Then my screen went black. It kept switching between two screens: One that looked like it was turning off and was mostly black with some very dull green horizontal streaks (I see this every time the computer is about to turn off); and one that looked like it was turning on and was dark navy with a crosshairs X-shaped cursor (I see this right after the Ubuntu logo displays as it turns on). Eventually I just held the on/off button until it turned off, and when I turned it back on it it was normal.
...wha?
If it helps, I am using an Inspiron B130.
I was doing nothing but waiting for a video to load and playing solitare, when suddenly my mouse stopped responding. Then my screen went black. It kept switching between two screens: One that looked like it was turning off and was mostly black with some very dull green horizontal streaks (I see this every time the computer is about to turn off); and one that looked like it was turning on and was dark navy with a crosshairs X-shaped cursor (I see this right after the Ubuntu logo displays as it turns on). Eventually I just held the on/off button until it turned off, and when I turned it back on it it was normal.
...wha?
If it helps, I am using an Inspiron B130.