Fedora Installation :: How To Reinstall Gnome - Deleted?
Jul 16, 2009I was slimming down my Fedora Install for security reasons and i accidently deleted Gnome. How do I reinstall Gnome?
View 6 RepliesI was slimming down my Fedora Install for security reasons and i accidently deleted Gnome. How do I reinstall Gnome?
View 6 RepliesThis is partly a note to myself for the future and a guide to anyone who experiences similar issues.
So, I had to reinstall Windows XP since my previous installation gave me a blue screen error due to reasons unfathomable. Naturally, this deleted the GNU Grub and I could not login to my Fedora.
I read that apparently booting from a DVD installation offers an option to enter the rescue mode. I did not have a DVD, I only had the LiveCD so I had to figure out a way to reinstall Grub from the LiveCD. The following method seemed to do the trick.
Run the LiveCD and open Terminal.
1. Find the partition where the Grub Stage1 is code...
I deleted Ubuntu off of my laptop, because I was having some issues with it (I had lost some of my icons in Software Center, couldn't access my Yahoo Mail etc..). I deleted it using this method. I then went into my Windows Vista OS, and accessed Disk management via Control Panel.The partition Linux was previously on was Unallocated, and I had a D partition which was Windows recovery. I then shrunk my C (main Windows) partition down. I deleted the D partition.So now I have the C partition, and a large unallocated partition. I was planning on installing Ubuntu from CD onto this unallocated partition. I am using the same CD I had previously used to install Ubuntu. My roommate was also using the same CD today to install Ubuntu on his computer. I know the CD works.
So when I inserted the Ubuntu CD it loaded the first couple of screens. It got to the purple screen where the install text would normally have appeared and then continues to load.... but the "do you want to install? etc..." text did not come up. It then loaded to a black screen, loaded back to the purple screen, reads the disc, keeps loading... and loading... and nothing ever comes of it.I tried again, this time when the first purple screen comes up, I hit enter. I get the language select. I then get the options. I click install Ubuntu. it then starts loading... and loading... black screen, purple screen, black screen with text... but nothing comes of it.My windows is working fine. I don't know why it won't install
How do I ensure that my home partition does not get deleted the next time I reinstall Ubuntu, as I can see there is a choice between formatting the whole drive and manually partition it, but if I reinstall won't I delete the home partition as well?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI got a system crippling virus on my windows installation. My recovery disks gave me the same problem. So I installed Win 7 enterprise using a disk my dad got from his work. The installation went smoothly. When I started my computer after it went straight to Win 7 without the GRUB bootloader (not the case with restore disks). Could somebody please help me with this issue because I cant stand using Windows for anything other than games much longer.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI've forgot to add/make clear, as I have said this is a single OS system, if there is a less complicated fix that will leave me without grub (but with a bootable system) that would be fine. Something like
Code:
fdisk /MBR
but I understand that command is only for DOS, correct?
I've managed to delete/screw up my installation of GRUB. My hardware RAID controller had gone on the fritz and I was getting an operating system not found message during boot. Turns out I needed to reload the firmware for the card. I now believe the card is working fine however in trying to troubleshoot the problem (which I initially thought might have been related to GRUB) I have managed to hose GRUB, and I now see
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Loading GRUB..
Error 15 at startup. I am running Ubuntu 8.0.4 LTS. I have been using an 8.10 desktop live cd for troubleshooting. Grub-install does not work when using the live cd. I have tried to follow directions given on this page: [URL]. However if I chroot to where my OS partition is mounted on the live cd:
Code:
chroot /media/disk
it does not recognize the grub command.
If I simply try:
Code:
sudo grub
find /boot/grub/stage1
it does not find them. If I try:
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sudo grub
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
it checks for stage1 and does not find it. (This may be related to the fact that I am not chroot'ed to the correct OS partition when trying to run these commands, since, as I have mentioned before, I can't get the grub command to run after I chroot to my OS partition.)
When I initially started fooling around with grub I did not even have a boot partition, so I am not even sure that I had GRUB installed in the first place (this was simply a clean install of 8.0.4, not a dual boot system) but since then I must have screwed up the MBR by trying to reinstall/fix what I thought was a broken GRUB. I could not find the GRUB files on my computer, so I have downloaded GNU Grub 0.97 and unzipped it, and moved the entire contents into a /boot folder which I created, so I now have the proper /boot/grub/stage1 directory. (However I never ran any installation after downloading grub, I simply moved the files, perhaps this is the issue).
I tried this once but my post disappeared. A thousand pardons if this is a dupe.Through the magic of typos, I managed to delete my ssh binary file. I can receive SSH connections but am unable to SSH into another computer.I located the RPM that looks to be what I'd want -- openssh-4.3p2-41.el5_5.1.i386.rpm -- but it refuses to install. RPM gives me the following conflicting messages:
[root@lightning packages]# rpm -i openssh-4.3p2-41.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
package openssh-4.3p2-41.el5_5.1.i386 is already installed
and
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I am running Fedora 12 with Gnome.I stupidly deleted the default Gnome Panel from my desktop.By the 'default' Gnome panel I basically mean the default one that is installed whenever you first install Fedora 12.
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Anyway, I've tried to 'sudo apt-get remove sun-java6-jdk' then 'sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk' but it doesn't seem to put me back where I was from step 1. 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure' also doesn't seem to fix it. I think if I can completely reinstall jdk then I'll be good, but how?
I just uninstalled, did 'sudo apt-get clean sun-java6-jdk' then installed again. Still get the error:
keytool error: java.lang.Excpetion: Cannot derive signature algorithm
I accidentally deleted the default icons in the gnome panel on the top right. I tried to get them back from the add to panel. I went through every program I could, but none of the original programs were found. I'm running fedora 13.
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View 9 Replies View RelatedSo I was messing around trying to uninstall Nibbles and reinstall since I have an issue starting that game and something happened and removed the submenu under Games called "Logic", which had another whole list of games.
Is it possible to reinstall the games package or reinstall the update?I'm thinking more of the lines of a system restore or something so back 2 days from today.
I am using Fedora 10 on my laptop. For some applications i still have windows XP installed. Because of the fact that Windows has to be reinstalled once a year (it's only windows ) I deleted the MBR accidentely. Now I can't start Fedora again.When I start Linux using the Installation CD of Fedora 10 my partition is not mounted automatically because I am using LVM.
fdisk /dev/sda gives
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1785 14337981 7 HPFS/NTFS
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easy way to reinstall Quicktime and its partner LibMPEG3 in Fedora 10 without going back and reinstalling Fedora 10 from scratch?
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I use GRUB as a boot loader and have window install as well.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedAfter a misguided attempt to upgrade Pango/Cairo etc.I am left with a Gnome desktop with no fonts and the Pango errors below. I have managed some partial repairs with the use of symlinks pointing back from /usr/local.I'd really like to revert to the installed setup. Yast tells me I have the original installed versions. Despite that and having re-installed everything I still have the problem.I have searched high and low but although quite a few have suffered similarly I have not found any answers.Everyone tries uninstalling/reinstalling but it does not seem to help.Is there really no way to remove Gnome and associated packages and re-install them?
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI have some problem with Apache2 Server that hold my login screen to stop showing login screen, I need to enter the dekstop via
1.Alt+Ctl+F1,
2.sudo service gdm-stop
3.startx
By Mistake I deleted some library files to fix the above issue and got much worse as many of my dekstop icon seems to be removed for ever and many not responding to my clicks
I need to a have a fresh Gnome Dekstop
Is there a way via yum to reinstall X/gnome/XFCE?
after the 5.4 upgrade I know longer have a X session. I can ssh in but no X whatsoever (monitor is blank).
I reinstalled windows, which wiped out my boot partition. I then booted to a live CD, to attempt to reinstall GRUB. However the usual method and directions aren't working.
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