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    What the heck did i do!?

    So I installed xmms2 using synaptic.
    Decided I didn't like it.
    Used synaptic to do a "complete removal".

    Just as i clicked on the OK, i realized it was removing a bit more than xmms2....

    I noticed I had done something bad just after because almost every application within my menu was gone. Also, I could not get a shell to launch.

    So got home today, tired of dealing with computer issues b/c im a software engineer & thats all i do all day long, & I try to boot up. First, I notice that I now have 2 Ubuntu items & 2 recovery items in my boot loader.

    Choosing either one boots to a terminal. Where is my pretty kde interface?

    So this is the last thing I get:

    Boot from (hd0,5) ext3 0f0f182......
    Starting up....
    Loading, please wait...
    19+0 records in
    19+0 records out
    kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/disk/by_uuid/.........
    kinit: No resume image, doing normal boot ...

    Ubuntu 9.04 i530 tty1

    i530 login: *Stopping NTP server ntpd *starting NTP server ntpd


    Can I fix this?



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    #2
    Re: What the heck did i do!?

    yes, if you can boot to the rescue mode, let it go until it gives you a menu with oiptions. One is the access to a root shell with network connection. If you get it, try:

    Code:
    service dbus start
    service hal start
    apt-get update
    apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
    (the first two shouldn't be needed, but I think hal is relatively new and they didn't realize to start it in the root networked option)

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      #3
      Re: What the heck did i do!?

      No need for a reboot. Just login at the current terminal and run
      Code:
      sudo aptitude update
      and when that completes without errors run
      Code:
      sudo aptitude -f install kubuntu-desktop

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        #4
        Re: What the heck did i do!?

        Originally posted by mando_hacker
        No need for a reboot.
        ]True in general, but yelsir is failing to boot up

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          #5
          Re: What the heck did i do!?

          No, I can boot up. I get the terminal (text) login & password.
          I'll try an update this afternoon & let you know how it goes.

          Is there any reason why I would have double the listings within my bootloader?

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            #6
            Re: What the heck did i do!?

            Ah, my bad. You may still not have a network though, if you don't, the easiest way might be to do the reboot to recovery I mentioned above (I am assuming you have an ethernet connection).

            Not sure why the duplicates, it seems weird, do they look as a duplicate of the same or do they have different kernel numbers? There was a security update lately that added a new kernel (the old ones are never removed for safety). It might be it.

            We all went through this once, I guess. When you uninstall/install software, Synaptic tells you exactly what it will install/uninstall. It's a good idea to check and make sure it's ok

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              #7
              Re: What the heck did i do!?

              well i can gladly say that i'm reply to this post in my kubuntu partition.
              thanks guys

              now this isn't a big problem - just more of an annoyance. i would like to remove those extra 2 entries in my bootloader. yes, they are complete replicas. i tried booting from it & the screen locks up pixelated. unfortunately, its the 1st item on the bootloader, so it loads automatically.

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                #8
                Re: What the heck did i do!?

                THere is an extension to do that, kgrubedit (or kgrubconfig, just seach kgrub in Synaptic)

                Once installed, you will see it in System Settings - Advanced (why is this not installed by default)

                Please edit the original post and mark it as SOLVED if possible

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