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[Donny George]

but there are many files that i edited manually to make ldap work and hence
for many other applications. how do i back up all these files


sorry i am not an expert in ubuntu just that i am still learning.

kindly help

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Donny George <donny008 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Donny George <donny008 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> eeek.   In case you didn't realize,  your whole graphical system is
> >> called Xorg.   Xorg is the replacement for XFree86.   It sounds like
> >> you tried to manually install an old XFree86 over your existing Xorg.
> >>
> >> I think you've made a real hash of things here.   IMHO, your easiest
> >> solution maybe to back up your home folder and any other config files
> >> you know you need and reinstall....
>
> > oh is there no other way other than a reinstall :(
>
> I don't think so.   That's a big reason why staying inside the
> repositories or making packages and using apt to install them is
> really the way to go.  Backing out of source installs - especially big
> systems like X - is quite difficult.  Backing out of changes made
> using apt/Synaptic is easy.
>
> There's no reason to think your home folder was mucked up though.
> Back it up, reinstall and you're 90% back to where you were.
>
> Sorry to be the bearer of bad news,
>
> Brian
>
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