lost my most recent incoming emails on Live CD

[Steven Vollom]

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> > Xsession: unable to start xsession, no /home/steven/.xsession file, no
> > /home/steven/.xsession file, no session managers, no window managers,
> > and no terminal emulator found, aborting:
> >
> > All I was doing was installing Xine using KpackageKit which caused
> > whatever is wrong.  That is the second time Xine has borked me.  Is it
> > unusable?
> >
> > I really need help.  If the best solution is to reinstall, I will, but
> > this is the 4th time in 3 days and installations and configurations take
> > a lot of time. I have an urgent need for my computer this evening with
> > e-Sword installed. It is for my church.  Installing Wine, e-Sword and
> > Xine are the only things I have tried to do and need accomplished for
> > tonight, but people are depending on me.  Please help.  I needed Xine, I
> > think, but I will not try that again.  There is something seriously wrong
> > with it, I believe.  My only attempt at installation has been using
> > KpackageKit, so KpackageKit may be the problem, I suppose, but
> > KpackageKit has worked flawlessly and Xine has never installed without
> > causing problems.  Thanks for any help you may give.  Especially if my
> > only solution is to start over.
> >
> > Steven

Dear Ignazio,

You have been kind enough to help me before, are you a moderator, or did you 
respond from the list?

If you are able to help me, I would sure appreciate it.  I am on the east 
coast of the US for time, and Eberhard, who was helping me, is in Germany.  I 
believe he is still sleeping maybe.

Anyway, the Xine installation is the culprit of all my current problems.  I 
just realized that.  When I was working with a fresh install and having no 
real problems, I was waiting for a response to a question and decided to use 
the time to install Xine.  Because I was using KpackageKit, it never really 
occurred to me that a simple installation could cause such a crash.  After 
getting my system back, I got into the selfsame situation and it happened 
again.  While waiting during some dead time, with nothing else to do, I 
decided to use the time to install Xine again.  Still, it did not register 
that using the GUI to install a program I have installed on other OS's had 
anything to do with the crash, I struck out, because I did the same stupid 
thing for the third time.

The only way I have been able to get help is using the Live CD, so each time I 
accept an instruction and have to boot to attempt the help suggested, I lose 
whatever incoming emails are downloaded and all the email addresses including 
the one who is helping me.  I then have to just sit and wait for someone to 
post, or recently I thought of going to the Archive.

Will you read my response to Eberhard and see if you can tell if I must 
reinstall again.  I want to avoid it if possible, because of all the 
reconfiguration that must take place getting back to normal, but if I have to, 
I have an important need for my computer functioning with e-Sword installed 
for something for the Church this evening.  I am responsible and several will 
be inconvenienced if I fail.  Thanks in advance for any help you may give me.

Steven