Bizarre problems in Hardy - system broke fsck this AM, no nvidia anymore

Mumia W. paduille.4062.mumia.w+nospam at earthlink.net
Sat Jul 19 06:49:56 UTC 2008


David Fox wrote:
> Guys
> 
> I need some help. After several weeks - more like at least 6 weeks I
> have begun to see some serious stability problems with ubuntu Hardy 
> [ edited out: possible file corruption / fsck ]
> But I'd rather not do that, is there a way to basically reinstall any
> missing pieces via aptitude, basically replacing any packages that
> might be installed officially according to dpkg, but have been
> obliterated in the fsck?
> 

The program debsums can help you find out what installed packages have 
changed or corrupted files.

> All help appreciated. Don't want to stay in gnome too much longer. :(
> 

If you're into compiz-fusion, you're definitely not looking for a 
minimalistic window manager like blackbox or sawfish ;-) , but I mention 
them because they are useful for helping people get into X in emergencies.





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