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Old 05-19-2004, 01:22 PM   #1
Linucec
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Exclamation Erased files by mistake


I made a mistake and erased some of the /usr and /var files, and now kde wont start.
I´m using Mandrake 9.1.
Can anybody help me with this problem I´m a new Linux user.
I get messages like the following:

* xfs startup failed
* apmd startup failed
* crond: crond startupfailed
* localhost partmon:touch:cannot touch ´/var/lock/subsys/partmon´:
no such file or directory
* bash: tty: command not found
* bash: dircolors:command not found
* Locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: no such file or directory
 
Old 05-19-2004, 01:41 PM   #2
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http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/mdo...-recovery.html
 
Old 05-19-2004, 08:33 PM   #3
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Linucec,

Take a look at http://e2undel.sourceforge.net/. I've used it before with success. However, try to limit your disk activity, since you don't want the disk blocks being used by those files to be taken up by other files.

Regards,

zakaluka
 
Old 05-19-2004, 11:18 PM   #4
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Can you get in to KDE as root?
Do you have a separate partition for your /home?

If you can get in to kde as root, the local user files are the only ones that are hosed.
You can create a new user, chown all the files you need and move them to your current user's folders.
 
Old 05-19-2004, 11:19 PM   #5
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Can you get in to KDE as root?
Do you have a separate partition for your /home?

If you can get in to kde as root, the local user files are the only ones that are hosed.
You can create a new user, chown all the files you need and move them to your current user's folders.


If all else fails and you have a separate /home partition, throw the MD disk in and let it "upgrade" your system. That should fix any problems.
 
Old 05-21-2004, 08:12 PM   #6
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Exclamation Wont start

The kde interface just wont load.
I just read that the /usr contains the files needed for the X server to start.
I messed up this directory as well as the /var directory and lost the Linux graphical interface. I cannot get into kde as root neither as a regular user.
I guess what I should do is just copy back the erased files. (use one of those recovery programs)
I also tried updating my MD 9.1 to 10.0 but the setup constantly warned me:
Could not copy file "x" right now i dont remember which files.
I guess I´ll have to re-install the OS.
Thanks for your reply anyway.
 
  


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