Unable to boot:GNOME related
 

Hi all
I am currently using ubuntu 10.04 . Everything was ok
with that but now i am facing a problem.As the grub start loading and I select ubuntu for booting it shows a message "GNOME configuration for power manager have not been intsalled correctly,please contact your administrator". Though it asks for password for booting nothing happens then.
How to fix it??

Are you or can you be connected to the Internet? I assume that the computer still goes to a Command Line Interface? Try issuing the command: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Does the system boot after you give the password?
if yes:
Do you have enough space?
try
If it doesn't boot, boot from a live CD and see if you have enough free space.

Kind regards

I had a similar problem, and it could be resolved by reinstalling grub2 using a ubuntu live cd.
I would say, please have a look at this link.
hope that helps
regards
nishith

@arochester: I do have internet connection ,but the command you specified dosn't work. I ran the command when I opened it in safe mode. Any other way to do it??

@repo : Your suggestions are also not working.


@nkd : I am not having a live cd right now. Could there be any other way to fix it, meanwhile i would arrange a live cd.
but what about my data kept on desktop?

error messages ?
Do you have the output from
The installation cd should work.

Kind regards

@repo: if I run live cd in that case what will happen to my data kept in different drives and
that kept on desktop? I also have windows installed in my laptop. Do i need to install ubuntu again
using live cd or what else i can do?

Did you read the link provided in post #4?
As long as you use the CD as a live CD, your data are safe.
How about giving some answers on the questions asked before?

Kind regards

@repo : the question related to data was stupid as I asked it without reading the link given to me. two minutes ago
i exactly did as it was given in the link -

Boot up using a ubuntu live CD.
Fire up a terminal.
Check the partition info to ascertain where is the linux distro located:-
sudo fdisk -l
( For this post we will assume the ubuntu install is in /dev/sda6)
Next mount it
sudo mount -t auto /dev/sda6 /mnt
Reinstall GRUB2 using the following command
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda

then i reboot my system and its perfect.
thank you guys for replying.

hey repo special thanks to you.

"problem is solved"

It is nice to know that the blog finally helped someone.
bye
nishith