Urgent advise needed. Only guest profile accesible, my own profile not.

[Bruce Marshall]

On Monday, September 30, 2013 03:18:10 AM Bas Roufs wrote:
> Is it possible to save my data via the Kubuntu 13.04 installation DVD
> together with an external HD? If so, I consider to alltogether reinstall
> the system after saving the data. My last backup is from 1 week ago.
> 

Huh??  Doesn't sound like a "end of earth" problem to me...  but that's just 
me.

Can't you ctl-Fx at the login screen or go into single user mode at boot time 
(recovery mode)?

Firefox should never be able to totally kill your system.

Grab control at boot and rename the firefox module......



> 
> 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
> 
> > I am wondering whether there is a way to UNinstall Firefox temporalily -
> > because that program has caused the troubles.
> > 
> > 
> > 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
> > 
> >> Until a few versions ago, I would have troubleshooted via a terminal that
> >> I could open as superuser in the startup menu. But now, - Kubuntu 13.04-
> >> I
> >> do not see this terminal any more. At the laptop, there is just Kubuntu
> >> 13.04, not any other system.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
> >> 
> >>> Dear Everybody,
> >>> 
> >>> something went terribly wrong, because of which I do not manage any more
> >>> to access my own user profile. Reason: at some moment after starting up
> >>> the
> >>> system, the system freezes - probably because of a problem caused by
> >>> Firefox. Several times, I have tried to access my profile, but it gets
> >>> stuck every time now. Please, help - urgent advise needed.
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> 




> >>>  Bas.
> >>> 
> >>> --
> >>> 
> >>> Bas G. Roufs
> >>> 
> >>> Utrecht, NL, E. BasRoufs at gmail.com; Mob. +31 6 446 835 10;
> >> 
> >> --
> >> 
> >> Bas G. Roufs
> >> 
> >> Utrecht, NL, E. BasRoufs at gmail.com; Mob. +31 6 446 835 10;
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Bas G. Roufs
> > 
> > Utrecht, NL, E. BasRoufs at gmail.com; Mob. +31 6 446 835 10;
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+ Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh at bmarsh.com  Bellaire, MI         09/29/13 21:30  +
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