I my travails with the new Dell laptop, while trying Mint I clicked on something and the panel disappeared. It was Mint Xfce so I tried xfce4-panel -r, but that did nothing. Then I decided to try the Install Mint button, and suddenly the screen blacked out with text rolling down saying
1529.999999 SQASHFS error squashfs_read_data failed to read block0x40f81eeb The block number on the right remains constant, but the left number increments with each new line, with a new line every millisecond or so. I can't get a terminal open, and even the power button won't function. It looks like I'm just going to have to sit here until the battery runs down. Maybe I should just throw it off a bridge.
