Well, THAT was stupid!

[WJ Seidl]

Subject:
Re: Well, THAT was stupid!
From:
Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu>
Date:
Tue, 08 May 2007 21:07:19 -0400
To:
Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>

WJ Seidl wrote:
 > > of reformatting during the re-install?  I guess recovery without 
having
 > > made a backup is pretty much not an option.

Hmm.  Have you tried:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall kubuntu-desktop

That seems like it would at least get you back to a usable desktop (not
tested from your situation).

Matt Flaschen

Matt:
Thanks for replying.
It was far more fun to just reinstall and start from scratch.
This machine had a Windows XP partition on it as well, and I think
  that there were "issues" with Linux running on it as well as XP.
Being so new to Linux, I could not be sure, but it all seems to work 
better now.
(How is that for vague <g>?
Nuking and paving  (reformatting the drives and reinstalling Kubuntu)
was easier, gave me a chance to fix some things that I think I did wrong 
the first time
and gave me a sense of accomplishment that "I was finally rid of 
Microsoft". <g>
At least on that machine.  Once I figure out how networking works, and 
how to create an ISO
of the machine that works, I can dump  Microsoft from the other machines 
as well.

Inadvertently being "stupid" allowed me a learning experience.
I won't make the same mistake again. If I do, then I am REALLY REALLY 
stupid <g>.
Best,
WJ Seidl