ubuntu freezes right after loading

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Published on 2012-12-11T03:11:50Z Indexed on 2012/12/11 5:19 UTC
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new install of ubuntu 12.04 i386 desktop.iso on a toshiba satellite intel celeron m gets to the desktop screen and freezes the mouse still moves but nothing responds to it started terminal by pressing ctl+alt+f1 tried "startx" and got this(i cant copy and paste but i will do my best to avoid typos):

fatal server error: server is already active for display 0 if this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again

please consult the x.org foundation support for help

ddxSgiveup: closing log XIO: fatal IO error 11 (resource temporarily unavailable) on x server ":0" after 7 requests (7 known processed) with 0 events remaining. xxxxxx@aaaaaa-Satellite-a105:~$

tried "startx --:1" just took me back to the default wallpaper with nothing else mouse still moves but nothing else

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