[13:03] <Venub> Hello people :)
[13:04] <Venub> any body around ?
[13:32] <thelinuxer> hi Venub
[14:11] <Venub> hi linuxer
[14:11] <Venub> still there ?
[14:12] <thelinuxer> yes
[14:12] <Venub> good
[14:13] <Venub> i'm a new ubuntu linux user
[14:13] <Venub> just completed installation of ubuntu 10.04 LTS yesterday but it got ruined
[14:13] <thelinuxer> how ?
[14:14] <thelinuxer> i mean give me details...
[14:15] <Venub> The PC was powered off accidentally during updating after completing installation, Actually lights were off
[14:16] <Venub> يعنى بالعربى الكهربا قطعت و جت . ربنا يخليكى ليا يا مصر انت و وزارة الكهربا و العواميد و السلوك
[14:16] <Venub> بس فداها :)
[14:16] <thelinuxer> lol
[14:16] <thelinuxer> sorry brb in 2 mins
[14:16] <Venub> oh sorry :)
[14:16] <Venub> k take your time but i really need a piece of your experience
[14:18] <thelinuxer> Venub: back
[14:18] <thelinuxer> tell me what ur seeing now
[14:19] <thelinuxer> i need to know the state ur in
[14:21] <Venub> welcome bro
[14:21] <thelinuxer> Venub: thanx :)
[14:21] <thelinuxer> now tell me...
[14:21] <thelinuxer> what's exactly happening now ?
[14:23] <Venub> when 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 response
[14:23] <Venub> i tried the recovery mode but no use
[14:23] <thelinuxer> ok hold on let me check something
[14:24] <Venub> k..
[14:26] <thelinuxer> ok,  i guess u chose the recovery mode from the boot menu
[14:26] <Venub> yes bro
[14:26] <thelinuxer> did u try the recovery console fel login page?
[14:27] <Venub> nothing responds in the login page
[14:27] <thelinuxer> hmm...
[14:28] <Venub> i can see the mouse pointer and no movement nothing
[14:28] <Venub> am i going to reinstall ? :(
[14:29] <thelinuxer> 99.999% of the cases u won't need to reinstall
[14:29] <thelinuxer> but it requires some experience
[14:29] <thelinuxer> is the pc connected to the internet using wireless wala cable ?
[14:32] <Venub> no wired cable
[14:32] <thelinuxer> cool cause it's much easier to configure
[14:32] <thelinuxer> go into the recovery mode again
[14:32] <Venub> and working, I t's autoconfigured
[14:32] <thelinuxer> then we will configure ur lan from command line
[14:33] <thelinuxer> and complete the update
[14:33] <thelinuxer> yes it was working with the network manager from the desktop interface
[14:34] <thelinuxer> now we will make it work from the command line
[14:35] <thelinuxer> Venub: r u still with me ?
[14:35] <Venub> we are going to update through the CLI ?
[14:35] <Venub> yes bro
[14:35] <thelinuxer> yes
[14:36] <Venub> i think i can tell you how
[14:36] <thelinuxer> there is an option, as far as i can remember, to fix this situation
[14:36] <thelinuxer> when u boot to recovery mode u'll see a menu
[14:36] <thelinuxer> ok, tell me
[14:37] <Venub> i've read the getting started with ubuntu 10.04
[14:37] <Venub> it's about
[14:37] <Venub> sudo apt
[14:38] <thelinuxer> yes
[14:38] <Venub> apt-get update
[14:38] <thelinuxer> but first boot to the recovery and tell me the menu options u see
[14:38] <thelinuxer> cause i am using maverick and not lucid
[14:40] <Venub> bro, The recovery mode doesn't even show me a thing that i can deal with
[14:40] <thelinuxer> tab tell me what u see now
[14:41] <Venub> tab is طيب ؟
[14:41] <Venub> good
[14:41] <thelinuxer> :D
[14:41] <thelinuxer> طب
[14:41] <Venub> hehe, This is why i adore sharing
[14:42] <thelinuxer> lol
[14:42] <thelinuxer> ha, what's on that screen ?
[14:42] <Venub> Sharing is caring, It's all about the soul of community
[14:42] <Venub> sorry
[14:42] <thelinuxer> of course
[14:44] <Venub> it 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 statred
[14:44] <thelinuxer> i want that CLI
[14:44] <thelinuxer> can u type in commands ?
[14:44] <thelinuxer> try this
[14:44] <thelinuxer> ls
[14:45] <Venub> ah wait. You mean that the recovery mode works only with the CLI ?
[14:46] <thelinuxer> yes
[14:46] <Venub> if so then it works  :)
[14:46] <thelinuxer> bare bone linux
[14:46] <thelinuxer> to overcome ur problems
[14:46] <Venub> what then ?
[14:46] <thelinuxer> ok try this command
[14:46] <thelinuxer> dhclient
[14:48] <Venub> I'm inside Windows OS now, I hope this won't annoy you :).  Tell me the story and i'll deal en shaa allah
[14:48] <thelinuxer> np :)
[14:49] <thelinuxer> the above command I sent u "dhclient" will get u connected to the internet
[14:49] <thelinuxer> then u do the following commands
[14:49] <thelinuxer> apt-get update
[14:49] <thelinuxer> apt-get upgrade
[14:49] <Venub> upgrade and then update. am i right ?
[14:49] <thelinuxer> update first
[14:49] <thelinuxer> update gets the list only
[14:49] <thelinuxer> upgrade will install the upgrades
[14:50] <Venub> oh yes, my mind mixed it :)
[14:50] <thelinuxer> np
[14:50] <thelinuxer> also u might want to reinstall gdm
[14:51] <thelinuxer> sudo apt-get install gdm --reinstall
[14:51] <thelinuxer> that's 2 dashes before the word reinstall
[14:51] <Venub> gdm stands for what ?
[14:51] <thelinuxer> gnome display manager
[14:51] <Venub> yes i see
[14:51] <thelinuxer> i think there something wrong with package now and it requires reinstall
[14:51] <thelinuxer> won't hurt u anyway to reinstall it
[14:52] <Venub> k np
[14:52] <thelinuxer> ok try that, and i will be here for another hour or so
[14:52] <Venub> i'll try this.
[14:52] <thelinuxer> just write my name it the im message so i will get a notification
[14:53] <Venub> BTW, This is my first day here and i'm really pleased to meet you.
[14:53] <thelinuxer> thanx a lot :) , we always welcome newcomers ..
[14:53] <thelinuxer> r u on the mailing list ?
[14:54] <Venub> i'm using yahoo messenger, My mail is "Pomacs@yahoo.com"
[14:54] <thelinuxer> ew man! u'll get a lot of spam like this :D
[14:55] <thelinuxer> this channel is logged! and spammers normally check these logs to get some email addresses :D
[14:55] <thelinuxer> u can send me a PM(private message)
[14:55] <Venub> This adds me alot of joy
[14:55] <thelinuxer> LOL :D