Starting up problems

Hi,
I installed Linux about a week ago, so I’m really new to it. I have been having some problems with it, when I start my laptop sometimes it shows my desktop background but never seems to load all the icons and everything it sits there with the mouse pointer and a the desktiop background screen without icons. The second problem is that when I suspend it I can never get the screen to work again not even by moving the mouse or typing anything in.
Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.
Isabel

Is your computer set up to wake up from mouse or keyboard. On my dell, you need to press the power button.

don’t own a laptop, couldn’t tell you

I am currently updating to 4.2 myself from 4.0 so when it’s done downloading I’ll have to see myself if I can install everything correctly

what are you talking about 4.0 and 4.2 for?