[Linux] Repairing an Ubuntu Installation

[Javier Lombillo]

If Ubuntu retained Debian's dpkg, you can try using dpkg-reconfigure.
Use 'dpkg-reconfigure -a' to reconfigure everything, or just specify
individual packages, e.g., 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'.  Have a
look through your system for good candidates with 'dpkg -l | grep
gnome' and 'dpkg -l | grep desktop'.

Javier


On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Steven Benmosh <wordz2u@gmail.com> wrote:
> For some reason, either another drive on his way to greener pasture, or just
> bad luck (and massive amounts of writing and reading to the HD), I had some
> file system damage to the hard drive. I noticed that the usual way - write
> errors (permission errors upon save) and application malfunctions (ftp
> server), rebooted, ran a manual fsck and rebooted again. I am now back in X,
> but there is a problem - some of the lost files contained configuration
> information, and now my gnome desktop is not working properly.
>
> So here is the question:
>
> Is there a way to 'repair' a damaged desktop environment, either through
> some repair functionality of Ubuntu 8.04, or by reinstalling, without losing
> personal data, or with a minimal loss?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Z.
>
> --
> Check out my web site - www.words2u.net
>



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