JaJaBinks
November 13th, 2008, 11:32 AM
Hello All,
another option for you to try.
Jump to another tty.... a quick explanation.....
when you boot into the gnome you are using tty7, by using the shortcut <ctrl alt F1> or any other F-key for that matter, you will find yourself using an "old fashioned" type login. if you login as normal you can run the majority of the programs from the commad line here. for instance you can start synaptic by typing <sudo aptitude> on this tty.
It is then a simple matter of searching through the subfolders and selecting the <gnome desktop> stuff for re-installation...
In fact whilst I'm writting this you may be able to do the exact same thing from a terminal in your normal ubuntu..
in fact this may give you some errors that will be reported to that terminal window...
so Open a terminal
run
sudo synaptic
and you should be asked for the sudo password and synaptic should start as per usual, then follow instructions above, find gnome-desktop, and mark for complete re-installation.
good luck.
Dave
Thanks Dave. that got package manager going.
Ive tried a number of things to get desktop ádministration menus working, including;
reinstalling GDM
Reinstalling synaptic
these using code $sudo aptitude reinstall gdm
Also checked gnome configuration using code $sudo gdmconfig
but still many of the desktop <adminstration> menu commands wont work.
The good think is i Learning a hell of a lot in the process
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