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Ok, so I'm not an idiot, and I didn't trash anything requisite for system operation. fsck - anything doesnt help. Looks like im taking it back to the repair people. Useful forum :rolleyes:

I'm going to die, I'm using a god damn Dell laptop here. Come on, people.

OK, That didn't work. It does the exact same thing again. It gets to a white screen with an apple and a spinning thing, then stops and puts "sh-2.05a#" in the top-left corner. i can type clear and the shell takes over the whole screen. This is pissing me off. Fsck says it appears to be OK, and...

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the shell is sh-2.05a# yes, fsck -y says HD appears to be OK, but exit after gives me a bunch of shit followed by the same shell opening again. path to the shell is /etc/nologin/private/tmpsh-2.05a# Argh.

...if I broke into someone's house, and I brougth an os x install disk with me, I could reset their computer password.

...to at least one of your problems. The random mouse jumping can be caused by using an optic mouse on a pad that has lots of shapes and colours on it. The mouse can interpret these as you moving it much longer and faster than you want. Good luck mate.

The title says it all. I need help, because when I start up my iMac (running 10.2.8) it goes to the screen with an apple and a spinning thing, but then stops and gives me a unix shell. I'm currently forced to use my (gasp) Dell laptop. Obviously, I want to get this fixed. Anyone know why this...