"Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverb...@xs4all.nl> wrote in message news:56f03080$0$5924$e4fe5...@news.xs4all.nl... > Op 21-03-16 om 17:51 schreef Adam: >> "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message >> news:ncikss$tks$1...@news.albasani.net... >>> >>> Host OS: Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 LTS / Unity >>> >>> System crashed while using PyCharm / Python3. >>> Booting takes forever and stuck at the purple screen with >>> the Ubuntu logo and the five dots cycling. >>> How to fix? >>> >> >> So, I tried Ubuntu repair methods suggested here... >> >> How to Fix an Ubuntu System When It Won't Boot >> http://www.howtogeek.com/196740/how-to-fix-an-ubuntu-system-when-it-wont-boot/ >> GRUB Boot Loader is accessible but using the recovery mode did not help. >> It hangs with "Loading extension GLX" but I forget which command I used. >> >> Then, I tried to... >> >> Reinstall Ubuntu While Keeping Files and Programs >> >> but, I am instead given the following options... >> =========================================================== >> This computer currently has Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS on it. What would you >> like >> to do? >> >> - Erase Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS and reinstall >> Warning: This will delete all your Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS programs, >> documents, photos... >> - Install Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS alongside Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS >> Documents, music, and other personal files will be kept. You can >> choose >> which operating system... >> - Erase disk and install Ubuntu >> - Something else >> =========================================================== >> >> Perhaps, "Install Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS alongside Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS" is the >> safest ? >> >> > It's easy to do a reinstall without wiping documents and application > configurations/settings PROVIDING you have a separate / (root) and /home > partition. > > During partition you select Manual partitioning and assign the existing > partitions being VERY careful to NOT format the existing /home. > > But / where the OS and all applications reside will need to be > formatted/deleted/overwritten.
I guess I can do something like... $ dpkg --get-selections \* | awk '{print $1}' > ~/package_list $ cat ~/package_list | sudo xargs -l1 aptitude reinstall to reinstall packages that were installed after installing Ubuntu. There ought to be a way to just reinstall the graphics subsystem rather than an all-or-none installation approach. > > Keeping the configuration on your /home might cause the old error to be > included in the new install... > > Although, you error seems to be the system, not the applications. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list