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install errors, uninstall & reinstall?

Asked by David Wilkinson

After installation-at start up- I get the following error message-"Problem with configuration server (/usr/lib/libconf 2-4-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256" After closing this I get the following "Install problem-Configuration defaults for GNOME power management not installed correctly".
Is there an easy fix for this? If not, I assume I need to uninstall and reinstall but how do I do this? Can I overlay the new installation in the current ukuntu partition? If not, how do I clean it out for the new install?
In addition, the password I set up is not being accepted.
As you can see I need help.
Dave

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Rajinder Sandhu (sandy744) said : 		#1

open synaptic package manager
System>Administration>synaptic package manager choose edit under this tab you will find fix broken packages select that and let it do the rest.....that should fix the problem.
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Rajinder

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David Wilkinson (davewilk) said : 		#2

I can't get to the synaptic package manager. I don't get to an orange screen where I assume I could get access. What happens is this: I get the two error messages I described after which I am asked to log on. When I put in what should be my password I am looped back to the first error message and the process starts over.
Very frustrating. My sense is that I need to start over with a clean slate and the former hard drive partions.

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Rajinder Sandhu proposed the following answer:
open synaptic package manager
System>Administration>synaptic package manager choose edit under this tab you will find fix broken packages select that and let it do the rest.....that should fix the problem.
regards
Rajinder

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Marc Stewart (marc.stewart) said : 		#3

If you do want to reinstall, there's no uninstall procedure you need to go through: Ubuntu will just replace the current setup as it installs. It might be worth verifying the installation disc first to ensure that it was created correctly.

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