kppp (+ other various things) gone, lost
Hello,
I'm back because of another big mistake I made. [I've been traveling a while and returned home last Monday.] Yesterday I was using Synaptic Package Manager (SPM) to update packages and then to do upgrades. The SPM told me that with one or more of the packages I wanted a number of packages would be removed. One of these was kppp, my dialer to the Internet. [I figured that some new package would install a new kppp so I continued, not worrying so much.] I can't recall which package it was when SPM gave me some options for understanding it and what to do with it. I picked "compare old and new versions". I saw a progression of comparisons which I didn't examine closely. Then there was "END" at the bottom of these comparisons. Nothing happened after that. Thinking SPM was again broken for me (as in the past), I tried to close SPM but was advised <with words in the upper right corner of the SPM box> that "SPM can't be closed since it's running". Then I made the mistake of re-starting my computer. When the desktop finally appeared a number of things were gone: kppp was lost entirely, a few of the vertically lined-up large icons on the left side of my desktop were gone (I only have left: Documents (as a shortcut), Trash, and MEPIS Websites), and probably other things missing which I've not yet discovered missing. It seems also that I've been dropped down to some other, probably lower level of KDE. [I wonder if the kernel I pick at boot-up is lower even though I pick the higher one I've always picked at bootup. Of the two offered I'm presently picking the 2.6.10. The lower one is 2.4.29. I suppose the 2.6.10 is the same as the one I picked before this new problem-- I don't know.] I figure that in order to restore the missing, important kppp - as well as everything else that's missing (whatever they are) - I have to use my SM 3.3 disc. How do I do this so that I don't make anything worse for me? What do I have to be sure to do or pick when using the SM 3.3 disc to restore missing packages/files? Thanks, Stan, using Linux and MEPIS only since this past April. |
your going to have to reinstall, you upgraded kde (which isnt entirely all in the repos yet) and ignored the warning that it would remove kppp. linux doesnt lie to you, it tells you EXACTLY what its going to do. unlike in windows upgrading everything hapahazardly is going to cause many problems for you. however, mepis has anticipated your actions and in the installer you can chose to install on existing partitions, in there you can click preserve /home, this will keep your settings as you have set them up (for the most part) and you can get your system back.
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