Yes Israel already said... To be sure, you could simply remove all hidden files and folders on your /home and then reinstall Lubuntu 14.04 pointing that partition as your home...
2014-09-13 8:43 GMT-04:00 Israel <[email protected]>: > Hi Basil! > I highly sugegst youtry my initial suggestion > open a tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1) > login, then: > > sudo mv ~/.config ~/config_backup > sudo mv ~/.cache ~/cache_backup > > then > > sudo restart lightdm > > or alternatively > > sudo stop lightdm > sudo start lightdm > > Then it should work.... however some of your application specific > settings will be gone. > you can experiment moving each folder back from config_backup to .config > > Hope this does it for you. > > Also you may need to move some other hidden files if you have edited > them by hand > in your home directory > > On 09/13/2014 05:00 AM, Basil Fernie wrote: > > > > Hi Israel, > > No problem with the new thread, Just wasn't expecting to see my name > > up in lights so soon in life... > > > > Your suggestions were probably good, but I had this problem with 20GB > > spare to hold 3 versions of a 30GB folder... I followed up the links > > which were again addressing a slightly different and "easier" problem, > > namely how to shift your /home partition at or after installation. My > > problem is however how to "capture" an existing /home on that is > > already on a different partition. But by pursuing the downlinks I > > found some interesting stuff which after testing out I may be able to > > summarise for some other coutios user. It did not get as far as > > telling me how I could do what I wanted to do safely. > > > > So I did some selective trimming and clipping and backed up /home to > > an already full external drive and copied a carefully selected portion > > to the LXLE partition so I could use Opera without extreme > > contortions, hence I am able to reply to your email. > > > > Then I tried to install Lubuntu 14.04.1 "over" the failed > > installation, with preservation of /home. The installation failed in > > the last 5% of "Restoring previously removed packages", i.e. right on > > the last lap of the installation marathon. There was a warning that > > the desktop manager was not working. The installation booted, to a > > black screen with a conky. I could get a terminal window by > > right-clicking on the desktop, and presumably could have replaced the > > faulty or missing desktop manager with a command or two if I had a bit > > more insight. I repeated the attempted installation with Lubuntu > > 12.04.3 and with LXLE14.04, with exactly the same results. So I am > > concluding that in that /home that my greedy eyes are fixed on, is a > > poisoned desktop manager which I don't want to be accessed by my > > working LXLE installation on the small partition. > > > > So my problem has changed; all the installation DVDs have good desktop > > managers as evidenced by fault-free live runs, but already on the hard > > drive partition in probably the /home is a vicious evil desktop > > manager. How can I destroy this dragon that guards Sinbad's cave full > > of software jewels and my precious archival data? > > > > Best regards, > > > > Basil > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:06:17 +0200, Israel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Basil, > >> I wanted to move this to a new thread, so it would be easier to spot in > >> people's inbox :) > >> > >> OS/2 eh? I remember using that for a while. Unfortunately that was > >> during the time of MS' big move to control the market. And well, they > >> did. They are still trying to, however the advent of the smartphone has > >> seriously jeopardized their chances.... much like Netscape Navigator did > >> with IE taking over the internet (and Firefox does still against MS and > >> Google taking over the free web) > >> > >> Regarding moving your home to a separate partition in a 'working' > >> install: > >> > >> The potential for data loss is very real in this case. No matter what > >> you decide to do, you should BACKUP your home partition to whatever > >> media you have (USB/SD/external HD, etc...) > >> This is something we should all be doing fairly periodically either way. > >> > >> So, here is some reading material for you. > >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving > >> > >> This seems fairly straight forward. > >> > >> But, if it were me, I would simply backup my /home and reinstall. > >> See this for some info: > >> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DiskSpace#Separate_.2BAC8-home_.28optional.29 > >> > >> and here is one with screenshots (albeit older, but still relevant) > >> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installseparatehome > >> > >> The main consideration is that you will have to use the "Do something > >> else" option if you choose to reinstall from a disk ever again, and set > >> it up the same. > >> something like: > >> 17Gig partition mounted at / > >> 32 Gig mounted at /home > >> 1 Gig swap partition > >> > >> You can of course try the first method, and if it does not succeed you > >> have a backup of your home anyway, and can simply reinstall. > >> > >> But don't share your home partition with other distros... there are lots > >> of issues that could creep up that way, unfortunately, especially using > >> your ~/.config directory > >> > >> Your ~/.config directory is the one that holds the configuration files, > >> and may be the culprit of your current mess, though it might simply be a > >> mess of incomplete things installed. > >> > >> hope this info helps your restoration process > >> > > > > > > > -- > Regards > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >
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