Post-Instalation Trouble

[PeppersMagik]

I have a laptop that I want to make the complete switch to ubuntu, no live cd or partitions.

I ran the installation, and it went much smoother than i anticipated! however once the installation was done it prompted me to setup the time, ect and after doing this, the system just sat on a blank screen with only the default desktop background. no icons, menus, or anything? I tried restarting and I found the same result. The laptop is a gateway if that makes any difference.
:confused:

Anyone got any ideas on why the system is doing this?

Thanks in advance for the help, I'm new to both these forums and ubuntu but hope to become a part of the community and pass on the knowledge I learn here. :)

[karatekid]

did you try to boot ubuntu in the live sessions first?
if yes then did it work perfectly that time or not???

[PeppersMagik]

I just ran the CD and installed it, nothing else.

As a side note windows was messed up and stuck in a loop before this, which is part of why I'm switching over to ubuntu.

[karatekid]

i suggest you try out the live cd and see if it runs perfectly or not