Also sprach Richard Lyons (Mon 11 Aug 02003 at 01:25:48AM +0200): > I previously today posted my problem with KDE breaking. Not getting any quick > help, I tried to use aptitude to update, thinking that if the KDE supplied > with Knoppix were to be updated, it would be reconfigured and solve my > problems. Well aptitude certainly found a stack of things to update, and > seemed happy enough with what it did. But now I cannot start xwindows at > all. I get a big debian logo and that is all. I've tried with an existing > user, and also created a new user in order to eliminate the possibility that > old config info was interfering. Exatcly the same result. > > What this means is that I have basically killed my computer. All the > applications I use are GUI. The only approach I know to this is to > re-initialize the partition, and re-install from the Knoppix CD. In effect, > that means that the availability of the wonderful apt system in my ignorant > hands foces me to freeze the installation and avoid any upgrade. But that > would defeat the objective of moving to a debian based distro. So what can I > do to get back a working system? > > The apt Howto doesn't seem to offer me any guidance. I also have limited time > for this, as I've already wasted a day on it. > > Advice anyone? Try this: <http://www.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=gxXP.6fz.7%40gated-at.bofh.it> hth -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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