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I recently wiped my hard disk and tried to install ubuntu 12.10 but after a sucessful install from the USB,I booted from the HD and when I do I get a purple screen saying ubuntu and a loading animation but that's all it does,it keeps loading and loading an I can't get to the login screen...I'm used ext2 as the /boot and btrfs as /..I don't know if that would affect this but I did it because it kept failing to create a ext4 partition....please help!

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Check the boot options, you might need to set acpi=off or something similar. Happened to me when I updated to 12.04. – Paxinum Dec 16 '12 at 15:13
Can you tell us more about your hardware please, could be a driver issue. Your video card might not be working properly. Also try what @Dialogos suggested – p00c Feb 11 at 9:17

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A possible solution that strangely worked for me in the past is:

When viewing the purple ubuntu screen, wait like 1 minute then press Ctrl+Alt+F1. Login with yer account and type sudo restart lightdm. Might work for you as it did for me.

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