Help! I killed my GUI!

09-19-2008, 10:27 PM

Edubuntu 7.10: I removed some packages through synaptic
package manager and rebooted a few of the LTSP clients. Now I can boot them up
to a login screen, but once I login the screen is black with only a mouse
cursor.

*

Is there a way to get to the command line interface to
back-track and restore some of the removed packages?

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Michael
White

Bradshaw Christian School

Technology Coordinator

mwhite@bradshawchristian.com

P. (916) 204-8054

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09-19-2008, 11:12 PM

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 03:27:51PM -0700, Mike White wrote:
> Edubuntu 7.10: I removed some packages through synaptic package manager and rebooted a few of the LTSP clients. Now I can boot them up to a login screen, but once I login the screen is black with only a mouse cursor.
>
> Is there a way to get to the command line interface to back-track and restore some of the removed packages?

You'll probably want to try apt-get install edubuntu-desktop.

What packages did you remove?

Cheers,
Scott

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09-19-2008, 11:29 PM

How do I get to the command line to run apt-get?

Michael White
Bradshaw Christian School
Technology Coordinator
mwhite@bradshawchristian.com
P. (916) 204-8054

> -----Original Message-----
> From: edubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:edubuntu-users-
> bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Scott Balneaves
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 4:13 PM
> To: edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Help! I killed my GUI!
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 03:27:51PM -0700, Mike White wrote:
> > Edubuntu 7.10: I removed some packages through synaptic package manager
> and rebooted a few of the LTSP clients. Now I can boot them up to a login
> screen, but once I login the screen is black with only a mouse cursor.
> >
> > Is there a way to get to the command line interface to back-track and
> restore some of the removed packages?
>
> You'll probably want to try apt-get install edubuntu-desktop.
>
> What packages did you remove?
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
> --
> Scott L. Balneaves | "There are many causes I am prepared to die for,
> Systems Department | but no causes I am prepared to kill for."
> Legal Aid Manitoba | -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
>
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09-19-2008, 11:30 PM

CTRL+ALT+F1 should work.

KR,
M.

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 01:29, Mike White <mwhite@bradshawchristian.com> wrote:
> How do I get to the command line to run apt-get?
>
> Michael White
> Bradshaw Christian School
> Technology Coordinator
> mwhite@bradshawchristian.com
> P. (916) 204-8054
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: edubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:edubuntu-users-
>> bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Scott Balneaves
>> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 4:13 PM
>> To: edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: Help! I killed my GUI!
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 03:27:51PM -0700, Mike White wrote:
>> > Edubuntu 7.10: I removed some packages through synaptic package manager
>> and rebooted a few of the LTSP clients. Now I can boot them up to a login
>> screen, but once I login the screen is black with only a mouse cursor.
>> >
>> > Is there a way to get to the command line interface to back-track and
>> restore some of the removed packages?
>>
>> You'll probably want to try apt-get install edubuntu-desktop.
>>
>> What packages did you remove?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Scott
>>
>> --
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>> Systems Department | but no causes I am prepared to kill for."
>> Legal Aid Manitoba | -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
>>
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09-19-2008, 11:36 PM

Mike,

On the server - Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

Or, CTRL+ALT+F1. Make sure you're running from the LTSP server though,
as CTRL+ALT+F1 from a thin-client will only give you the tty for the
chroot - which isn't where we want to re-install edubuntu-desktop.

Cheers,
Jordan

Mike White wrote:
> How do I get to the command line to run apt-get?
>
> Michael White
> Bradshaw Christian School
> Technology Coordinator
> mwhite@bradshawchristian.com
> P. (916) 204-8054
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: edubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:edubuntu-users-
>> bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Scott Balneaves
>> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 4:13 PM
>> To: edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: Help! I killed my GUI!
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 03:27:51PM -0700, Mike White wrote:
>>
>>> Edubuntu 7.10: I removed some packages through synaptic package manager
>>>
>> and rebooted a few of the LTSP clients. Now I can boot them up to a login
>> screen, but once I login the screen is black with only a mouse cursor.
>>
>>> Is there a way to get to the command line interface to back-track and
>>>
>> restore some of the removed packages?
>>
>> You'll probably want to try apt-get install edubuntu-desktop.
>>
>> What packages did you remove?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Scott
>>
>> --
>> Scott L. Balneaves | "There are many causes I am prepared to die for,
>> Systems Department | but no causes I am prepared to kill for."
>> Legal Aid Manitoba | -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
>>
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09-19-2008, 11:59 PM

Excellent. Thank you. Now I receive "E: Broken Packages" when I run sudo apt-get install edubuntu-desktop

Michael White
Bradshaw Christian School
Technology Coordinator
mwhite@bradshawchristian.com
P. (916) 204-8054

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jordan Erickson [mailto:jerickson@logicalnetworking.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 4:37 PM
> To: Mike White
> Cc: 'Scott Balneaves'; 'edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com'
> Subject: Re: Help! I killed my GUI!
>
> Mike,
>
> On the server - Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal
>
> Or, CTRL+ALT+F1. Make sure you're running from the LTSP server though,
> as CTRL+ALT+F1 from a thin-client will only give you the tty for the
> chroot - which isn't where we want to re-install edubuntu-desktop.
>
> Cheers,
> Jordan
>
>
> Mike White wrote:
> > How do I get to the command line to run apt-get?
> >
> > Michael White
> > Bradshaw Christian School
> > Technology Coordinator
> > mwhite@bradshawchristian.com
> > P. (916) 204-8054
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: edubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:edubuntu-users-
> >> bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Scott Balneaves
> >> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 4:13 PM
> >> To: edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
> >> Subject: Re: Help! I killed my GUI!
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 03:27:51PM -0700, Mike White wrote:
> >>
> >>> Edubuntu 7.10: I removed some packages through synaptic package
> manager
> >>>
> >> and rebooted a few of the LTSP clients. Now I can boot them up to a
> login
> >> screen, but once I login the screen is black with only a mouse cursor.
> >>
> >>> Is there a way to get to the command line interface to back-track and
> >>>
> >> restore some of the removed packages?
> >>
> >> You'll probably want to try apt-get install edubuntu-desktop.
> >>
> >> What packages did you remove?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Scott
> >>
> >> --
> >> Scott L. Balneaves | "There are many causes I am prepared to die for,
> >> Systems Department | but no causes I am prepared to kill for."
> >> Legal Aid Manitoba | -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
> >>
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09-20-2008, 06:26 AM

Hi,

On Fri, 19 Sep 2008, Mike White wrote:

> Excellent. Thank you. Now I receive "E: Broken Packages" when I run sudo
> apt-get install edubuntu-desktop

You may need to do this first:
sudo dpkg --configure -a

to configure any half-installed packages, then
sudo aptitude install edubuntu-desktop

as aptitude is a little smarter than apt-get it comes to resolving certain
issues.

Gavin

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