Desk Top Missing

Bill Taylor th1bill at sbcglobal.net
Wed Aug 20 16:12:40 UTC 2008




On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 00:19 +0100, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:20:36 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Desk top missing
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> --- Ulin the Tech Mage <ulinthetechmage at hit-techs.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 07:41 -0700, Leonard
> > Chatagnier wrote:
> > > --- Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > > > > --- Bill Taylor <th1bill at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > Big Snip,
> > > > > Maybe some kde users like Derek
> > > > can
> > > > > offer some help to us, hopefully. 
> > > > 
> > > > What I would probably end up doing is create a
> > new
> > > > *administrative* 
> > > > user (so the new userid can sudo). Log in as the
> > new
> > > > user, copy the 
> > > > previous user directory to the new user
> > directory
> > > > (like under a ~/temp 
> > > > folder or ~/oldhome). Then use the utilities to
> > > > delete the old user, and 
> > > > recreate the old username as an administrative
> > user
> > > > and copy the old 
> > > > data to the now recreated username.
> > > > 
> > > > It may not restore the data to the exact same
> > state,
> > > > but it may fix the 
> > > > problem you're seeing. Using chown -R back to
> > the
> > > > proper ownership after 
> > > > each step should give you access to your data.
> > > > 
> > > > That's one possible fix, though.
> > > > 
> > > Thanks Bart, for your reply and answer. I'm not
> > sure
> > > I'm up to the fairly complex task you provide. 
> > But I
> > > will keep your response in my Debian folder to use
> > > whenever I get the courage to try it.  Thanks
> > again
> > > for you efforts,
> > > 
> > > Leonard Chatagnier
> > > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> > > 
> > 
> > I don't use KDE but i don't think it should be that
> > complicated.
> > 
> I'll let the list know the results when I try it.
> 
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
> 
> 
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I don't know if everyone mised it but I have my desk top back in place
and it was very simple.  I have a dual boot and when the grub menu came
up I chose the Recovery Mode and from there chose to repair the Xserver.
The computer then booted and everything just works.
-  
                                                           Bond Servant,
                                                             Bill Taylor
                                                     Killer Spade 806 CE
                                                                 1968-69





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