GarageBand won't launch since last upgrade

Hello
I haven't been able to launch GarageBand since I updated it from the "Software Update" program. It downloaded around 1 Gig of instruments and loops and won't launch since then, jumps once in the dock and stays still.
I tried deleting prefs and it didnt do anything. I created another user account and it couldn't launch it from there either.
I was wondering if anyone had the same problem or knew a way to solve it... since I just bought a midi keyboard! Just my luck.
PB G4 10.4.11 and GB 4.1.2 (248.7)

Freed up some disk space, ran a couple of maintenance programs, now works fine.

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Last edited by OlaffTheGreat (2013-09-21 18:00:09)

Here is my current /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf file. Hope something in here can help you out.
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## uncomment and set autologin username to enable autologin
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## uncomment and set timeout to enable timeout autologin,
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black=
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