/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/02/20/#ubuntu-eg.txt

VenubHello people :)13:03
Venubany body around ?13:04
thelinuxerhi Venub13:32
Venubhi linuxer14:11
Venubstill there ?14:11
thelinuxeryes14:12
Venubgood14:12
Venubi'm a new ubuntu linux user14:13
Venubjust completed installation of ubuntu 10.04 LTS yesterday but it got ruined14:13
thelinuxerhow ?14:13
thelinuxeri mean give me details...14:14
VenubThe PC was powered off accidentally during updating after completing installation, Actually lights were off14:15
Venubيعنى بالعربى الكهربا قطعت و جت . ربنا يخليكى ليا يا مصر انت و وزارة الكهربا و العواميد و السلوك14:16
Venubبس فداها :)14:16
thelinuxerlol14:16
thelinuxersorry brb in 2 mins14:16
Venuboh sorry :)14:16
Venubk take your time but i really need a piece of your experience14:16
thelinuxerVenub: back14:18
thelinuxertell me what ur seeing now14:18
thelinuxeri need to know the state ur in14:19
Venubwelcome bro14:21
thelinuxerVenub: thanx :)14:21
thelinuxernow tell me...14:21
thelinuxerwhat's exactly happening now ?14:21
Venubwhen i turned my PC on again i found the boot menu normal and entered ubuntu but it shows me my username to press and then no response14:23
Venubi tried the recovery mode but no use14:23
thelinuxerok hold on let me check something14:23
Venubk..14:24
thelinuxerok,  i guess u chose the recovery mode from the boot menu14:26
Venubyes bro14:26
thelinuxerdid u try the recovery console fel login page?14:26
Venubnothing responds in the login page14:27
thelinuxerhmm...14:27
Venubi can see the mouse pointer and no movement nothing14:28
Venubam i going to reinstall ? :(14:28
thelinuxer99.999% of the cases u won't need to reinstall14:29
thelinuxerbut it requires some experience14:29
thelinuxeris the pc connected to the internet using wireless wala cable ?14:29
Venubno wired cable14:32
thelinuxercool cause it's much easier to configure14:32
thelinuxergo into the recovery mode again14:32
Venuband working, I t's autoconfigured14:32
thelinuxerthen we will configure ur lan from command line14:32
thelinuxerand complete the update14:33
thelinuxeryes it was working with the network manager from the desktop interface14:33
thelinuxernow we will make it work from the command line14:34
thelinuxerVenub: r u still with me ?14:35
Venubwe are going to update through the CLI ?14:35
Venubyes bro14:35
thelinuxeryes14:35
Venubi think i can tell you how14:36
thelinuxerthere is an option, as far as i can remember, to fix this situation14:36
thelinuxerwhen u boot to recovery mode u'll see a menu14:36
thelinuxerok, tell me14:36
Venubi've read the getting started with ubuntu 10.0414:37
Venubit's about14:37
Venubsudo apt14:37
thelinuxeryes14:38
Venubapt-get update14:38
thelinuxerbut first boot to the recovery and tell me the menu options u see14:38
thelinuxercause i am using maverick and not lucid14:38
Venubbro, The recovery mode doesn't even show me a thing that i can deal with14:40
thelinuxertab tell me what u see now14:40
Venubtab is طيب ؟14:41
Venubgood14:41
thelinuxer:D14:41
thelinuxerطب14:41
Venubhehe, This is why i adore sharing14:41
thelinuxerlol14:42
thelinuxerha, what's on that screen ?14:42
VenubSharing is caring, It's all about the soul of community14:42
Venubsorry14:42
thelinuxerof course14:42
Venubit shows nothing, you see when the computer starts, The analysis before starting up (i really don't remember it's name) but that thing like the  CLI before windows or ubuntu is statred14:44
thelinuxeri want that CLI14:44
thelinuxercan u type in commands ?14:44
thelinuxertry this14:44
thelinuxerls14:44
Venubah wait. You mean that the recovery mode works only with the CLI ?14:45
thelinuxeryes14:46
Venubif so then it works  :)14:46
thelinuxerbare bone linux14:46
thelinuxerto overcome ur problems14:46
Venubwhat then ?14:46
thelinuxerok try this command14:46
thelinuxerdhclient14:46
VenubI'm inside Windows OS now, I hope this won't annoy you :).  Tell me the story and i'll deal en shaa allah14:48
thelinuxernp :)14:48
thelinuxerthe above command I sent u "dhclient" will get u connected to the internet14:49
thelinuxerthen u do the following commands14:49
thelinuxerapt-get update14:49
thelinuxerapt-get upgrade14:49
Venubupgrade and then update. am i right ?14:49
thelinuxerupdate first14:49
thelinuxerupdate gets the list only14:49
thelinuxerupgrade will install the upgrades14:49
Venuboh yes, my mind mixed it :)14:50
thelinuxernp14:50
thelinuxeralso u might want to reinstall gdm14:50
thelinuxersudo apt-get install gdm --reinstall14:51
thelinuxerthat's 2 dashes before the word reinstall14:51
Venubgdm stands for what ?14:51
thelinuxergnome display manager14:51
Venubyes i see14:51
thelinuxeri think there something wrong with package now and it requires reinstall14:51
thelinuxerwon't hurt u anyway to reinstall it14:51
Venubk np14:52
thelinuxerok try that, and i will be here for another hour or so14:52
Venubi'll try this.14:52
thelinuxerjust write my name it the im message so i will get a notification14:52
VenubBTW, This is my first day here and i'm really pleased to meet you.14:53
thelinuxerthanx a lot :) , we always welcome newcomers ..14:53
thelinuxerr u on the mailing list ?14:53
Venubi'm using yahoo messenger, My mail is "Pomacs@yahoo.com"14:54
thelinuxerew man! u'll get a lot of spam like this :D14:54
thelinuxerthis channel is logged! and spammers normally check these logs to get some email addresses :D14:55
thelinuxeru can send me a PM(private message)14:55
VenubThis adds me alot of joy14:55
thelinuxerLOL :D14:55

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