[Novalug] ARGGH!

[greg pryzby]

Dan Arico wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 February 2009 02:58:04 pm Mackenzie Morgan wrote:
>> On Tuesday 24 February 2009 2:35:03 pm Dan Arico wrote:
>>> A couple of days ago, I checked for updates and there were about seventy
>>> upgrades available. I clicked install and it went through its paces until
>>> a message box came up that said a fatal error had occurred. The next time
>>> I booted up, I had no network access. The last time this happened, I had
>>> to do a complete reinstall.
>> Did it tell you what the fatal error was?  Can you check
>> /var/log/apt/term.log (requires root access to view, so use sudo less) to
>> find the error?  Is Network Manager running?  Are your NIC's drivers
>> loaded?
> 
> It didn't tell me what the error was, but the problem is my configuration 
> files are screwed up. I've got incorrect entries and screwed up permission 
> settings. It's not just the files dealing with networking, either. When I 
> copied everything off to a drive on a usb port, I got a ton of errors for 
> missing files.

Check disk.

I would
    mkdir OLD-CRUFT
    mv .k* .gn* OLD-CRUFT
    (look at . files that appear to be KDE specific or configuration and
    move them to a new subdirectory)
    logout
    log back in
    it should recreate all the KDE files and that might fix it

I have only had issues w/ KDE and Ubuntu. I install the KDE apps I want 
and run gnome as the WM and that works well enough

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