New boot failure

[Gene Heskett]

Greetings all;

My shiney new F13-beta 64 bit install on my HP dv5120u laptop is now failing, 
losing all response to a plugged in mouse, the touch pad and keyboard at 
about the time it draws the bottom bar on the screen, showing only the 4 
workspace icons and the trash can.  No other buttons or menu icons get drawn.

The HD activity led is stuck on.

The only response is to the power button after the 4 second delay.

Is there a recommended way to recover?  It has been fired up about every 3 
days to install updates, but is otherwise as installed, so it could be 
considered a failed test.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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