Accidentally destroyed /lib/modules directory.

Kevin C. Smith kevin at linuxsmith.com
Tue Jun 20 00:00:07 UTC 2006


Okay. That was a bad move. Don't reboot!

Never done this, but try reinstalling the linux-image package.
Not the metapackages, but the kernel package itself looks like:
"linux-image-2.6.15-23-686" or something similar.

I believe synaptic has a "mark package for reinstallation" option.

On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 08:41 +0900, Dave M G wrote:
> Ubuntu List,
> 
> I accidentally deleted everything in my /lib/modules directory by 
> misunderstanding some instructions while installing some drivers.
> 
> I'm worried that this has destabilized my system and that if I reboot, 
> my computer will die a nasty and horrible death.
> 
> Is there anything I can, or should do, to verify my system is okay 
> before rebooting and finding out the hard way?
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> --
> Dave M G
> 
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