General :: Undo An "rm -rf ~" Command?

May 5, 2011

I had a folder I didn't want named '~', so from the command line I typedrm -rf ~and accidentally deleted my home folder (since ~ resolved to /home/username). Is there any way back or do I basically need to recreate the account from scratch?

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Debian :: How To Undo 'rm' Command

Aug 26, 2010

I suppose I have a very common problem. While working on my project, I accidentaly hit 'rm file.tex' instead of 'rm file.aux' in the terminal of my Debian and now all of my work is gone. Could you please tell me if it is possible to undo this command? If soI should add that I am just a beginner in using the Linux system and though I have found some advice on my problem on websites, I am unable to follow it on my own. In other words I desperately need somebody to guide my through that process.

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Fedora :: Command To Undo The Cntrl D To Unblock Site?

Sep 5, 2009

not paying attention, I cntrl D and blocked a site that I'm using in my research. what command to undo the cntrl D to unblock site

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Ubuntu :: Undo A Custom Command For Media Insersion

Sep 7, 2010

I made a custom command to run when a cd gets mounted but now I need to change it.....how do I do that? I tried going to file management but the option wasn't there. I'm using 10.10..

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Ubuntu Networking :: Undo Rmmod Dell_laptop Command After Kernel Upgrade?

Feb 10, 2010

I recently upgraded the kernel in 9.10 to fix a problem of no sound on my laptop but this killed wireless However I could still boot into the previous kernel to use wireless (albeit without sound). I found a fix for this problem on the forums: [URL]... but It didn't work so well in my case. Specifically after executing the command

[Code]...

If anyone knows how to undo the rmmod dell_laptop command or has some insight into what I might be able to do let me know

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Ubuntu :: All Folders Keep Executing Eclipse / "undo" This Custom Command?

Oct 26, 2010

Hey everybody, it seems I did something kinda stupid. So I tried right clicking on a folder and going to "Open With..." then under "Other Application..." I then selected custom command and typed in "eclipse." I thought I would just be able to open the folder as a project, but now it seems it's screwed up all of my folders. Now every time I try to open a folder in the GUI, Eclipse executes. I can still go through folders, delete files, etc. through the terminal, but I'd like to have GUI access as well. Does anyone know how to "undo" this custom command so Eclipse no longer executes?

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Fedora :: How To Undo This Command "ln"

Jul 25, 2009

How can I undo this command?

Code:
su -c 'ln -sf /usr/local/lib/codecs /usr/lib/codecs && ln -sf /usr/local/lib/codecs /usr/local/lib/win32 && ln -sf /usr/local/lib/codecs /usr/lib/win32'

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General :: Undo Login Setting From Console

Dec 26, 2010

I'm brand new to ubuntu and very green when it comes to Linux in general.I have recently installed Ubuntu Desktop version 10.10 for my media pc (a friend of mine showed me xbmc, awesome!). I modified my install so that I don't have to enter a password when turning it on.The problem seems to be that when I did the install I chose to encrypt my home directory. Now, since I don't enter a password, the machine spews a few errors and does nothing. I finally got it to boot to a console window however I don't know how to undo what I did from the gui.I'm basically trying to get to System > Admin > Login Window > Security without the gui and "check the box" to require a password on login.Any clue as to which config file this setting is stored in?

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General :: # Ls -s /usr/share/ ~/.icons/default By An Accident - How To Undo It

Sep 3, 2010

Code:

# ls -s /usr/share/ ~/.icons/default by an accident. How do I undo it?

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General :: Accidently Did "remove *.py" Undo What Just Did?

Apr 18, 2010

In GNU/Linux. Ubuntu Jaunty. I did something stupid, where is the undo command?

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Ubuntu :: Possible To Undo Deleted File In JFS?

Jan 13, 2010

Is there a way to undelete a just-deleted file in JFS? I can't seem to find any information on it. I'd have sworn I did this before but didn't save the steps.

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Ubuntu :: How To Undo The Maverick Meerkat

Sep 13, 2010

How Do I Undo the Maverick Meerkat (Beta) Upgrade? Is that possible?

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Ubuntu :: How To Undo Password Set For Root

Jan 23, 2011

I was trying to reset my personal account's password in Ubuntu (via the root prompt in recovery mode),How do I undo the password set for root? From what I understand, it doesn't need a password, and I'm afraid I may have just ruined some built-in security feature that keeps root protected if you don't set a password.

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Ubuntu :: How To Undo Changing Symlink

Feb 4, 2011

how to undo this?

"Simply change the symlink so that it points to /bin/bash. To do this, open a terminal, and type the following:

sudo rm -f /bin/sh
sudo ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh

From now on your scripts should work as their authors expected."

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Ubuntu :: Currpt Installation Can't Be Undo?

Mar 1, 2011

please provide solution to [URL]I have updated ubuntu 10.4 to 10.10 and VLC get crashed. Now I am not able to do uninstall/ install VLC or any other software/updatehere are things I have tried but no use.

Code:
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean

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Fedora :: Can't Undo Wrong Resolution In 10/Gnome?

Mar 28, 2009

setting a resolution that my monitor can't handle, and now I can't figure out how to get back to a setting that my monitor can handle. When I first made the bad setting, the screen went black except for an "Out of Range" message in the middle, and wouldn't let me see anything to put it back. I ended up going to a text screen with a <Ctrl-Alt-F1>, logging in as root, and rebooting. Now, I can use all of my other user IDs (root, KDE test, "email only," etc.) just fine, but if I log in to the one with the bad res. setting, it just blacks the screen and I have to reboot again. The xorg.conf file doesn't even have any options for setting resolutions any more, so there's no way to explicitly disallow the one I set, and "deleting" (renaming) xorg.conf didn't help.

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Fedora :: Root Mail Going To My Boss / Undo It?

Jan 14, 2010

I just started a new SysAdmin job on Monday Jan 11, 2010. My predecessor left before I joined the company with NO documentation. All of the system mail (alerts, error messages, informative messages, etc.) that's going to root is being redirected to my boss. I checked .mailrc and /etc/aliases for an alias that would equate root with my boss, but couldn't find anything. My boss doesn't want to be receiving these emails. Where else can the previous SA could have done this operation. How can I sub my email address for that of my boss' to be receiving these alert messages.

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Fedora :: Any Way To Undo Downloaded NVidia Modules?

Jul 4, 2010

I downloaded all the nvidia modules from yum repos. Now fedora will not boot. Seems to fail as xwindows starts. How I can undo those modules from the live disk? I've tried removing blacklists from etc/modprobe.d. and the .ko files from /lib/kernel/drivers//. My next alternative is to do what the windows lot do. Backup and re-install.

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Fedora Installation :: How To Undo Package Updates

Sep 23, 2010

Two weeks ago I consumed all available FC13 updates. It was a terrible mistake. After that my my PC does not function properly and I have no clue how to fix it. I would like to get my PC in the previous (healthy) state. Is there an easy way to undo the updates? More than 60 packages were updated, but I do not remember which ones.

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Ubuntu :: Undo Encrypted Home Folder?

Feb 10, 2010

I recently did a clean install of Ubuntu 9.10 and when I did I chose to have /home on it's own partition and have it encrypted. The more I think about it the more I regret this decision. What if I want to switch distros down the road? What if I have to boot from a live cd to back up files? Is there a way to "undo" the encrypted home folder permanently? I don't mind having it on it's own partition, it's just the encryption that makes me worry.

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Ubuntu :: Undo Removal Of Startup Program?

Apr 30, 2010

I was in Startup Application Preferences and I was managing the list of startup programs when I accidentally clicked Remove. Now it's gone and I don't know what it was. The very top one, above Certificate and Key Storage.

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Ubuntu :: Undo An Update Of A Specific Package?

Jun 19, 2011

If one accepts an update of a specific package via apt and decides the update isn't desired, what does one do? In other words, what is the most sensible and relatively easy way to rol-back to the previous version of that specific package without affecting anything else (dependencies aside of course).

I want to do this with a recent adobe plug in.

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Ubuntu :: Undo Drivers, Terminal Commands?

Jul 10, 2011

While trying to make a Winmodem work, I've installed drivers, done magic incantations in Terminal, etc., without keeping complete records of what I did. Is there a "clean" routine or something that will remove unused drivers, or do a system rollback, or some other way to clean up the mess?

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OpenSUSE :: Kwrite: Undo Shortcut Not Working Under Qwertz

Apr 27, 2010

Steps to reproduce:

Set the system keyboard layout to Polish qwertz
Allow switching to US keyboard layout
Start Kwrite
Switch to US keyboard layout

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Note: Firefox does not have this problem.

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Ubuntu Installation :: Undo Tracking Proposed Updates?

Jan 4, 2010

In the "software sources" windows under the "Updates" tab I have checked "Pre-released updates" and installed all the updates. I no longer want to track the proposed updates and have unchecked that item. Now am back to just security and recommended checked. How do i get it to downgrade the packages that it has modified when I had "Pre-released" checked? I want to get back on the stable "Recommended Updates". It seems to have changed what it looks at for updates but did not downgrade the packages.

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Ubuntu / Apple :: Undo Partitioning / Dual Boot?

Jan 31, 2010

I'm running OS X 10.5.8 and Ubuntu 9.04 on a Macbook 4,1, and I want to remove the Ubuntu partition so I can free up hard drive space. However, the linux swap partition is located in between the OS X and Ubuntu partitions, and GParted won't let me remove it when I boot from an Ubuntu Live disk, and OS X Disk Utility can't affect it either. I followed the dual booting instructions here, and I pretty much just want to undo all of it and get back to an OS X only machine.

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Ubuntu Installation :: Undo Update From Webupd8 Repo?

Apr 15, 2010

I've tried to update Audacious 2.1 to a version, 2.3, that isn't yet on Karmic or Hardy repositories, by adding a PPA to my software sources through this line:

Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install audacious

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Ubuntu :: Boot Stops At Splash Screen Waiting For Sdc1 10.04 / Undo It?

Jun 6, 2010

I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04. I'm trying to become familiar with the file system. I noticed my MP3 player (USB) is not mounted automatically when I plug it into the USB cable. I searched Google to find out how to auto mount this device and it worked. However, I didn't give this enough thought to what I was doing I guess. Now if the MP3 player is not connected to the USB cable the boot process stops at the splash screen waiting for the device. The window on the screen states the following:

The disk drive for /media/sdc1/ is not ready or not present. Continue to wait or press S to skip mounting or M to manual recovery.

I don't remember what I did to start this whole mess so I don't know how to undo it? Could someone please help me undo this? I would like the device to auto mount ONLY if it's plugged in if this is possible.

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Ubuntu Networking :: Undo Samba Share Password "Remember Forever" Choice?

Mar 8, 2011

My spouse chose to check the "Remember Forever" password choice when opening a Samba share on the machine. After a few minutes of "You shouldn't do that!" lecture ... how can this be undone?

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Ubuntu Installation :: "Undo" Upgrade Of PPA Package?

Apr 3, 2011

I recently upgraded a program from a PPA to the latest version and there seems to be a regression.

How can I revert back to the version I had installed, now the second-but-latest version from PPA?

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