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how to repair 8.10 ?

Asked by MLOT

My problem, to have more space I have deleted "Evolution" and all linked libraries to it. After doing that I could not loging anymore, I can only use the safemode.
Would you like please to help me to find out how I can boot again my ubuntu in a normal mode using the safe mode?
Thanks for any suggestion.

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Vin Shankar (v-shankar) said : 		#1

I hope this helps:

Reboot.
At the GRUB menu, choose the "recovery mode" option. (you may need to press esc when prompted to get the menu)
Choose "Drop to root shell".
Make sure you have a wired network connection.
Run the following commands:
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get -f install

And then resume a normal boot with "telinit 5" or "shutdown -r now" (the former changes to the normal boot mode, the latter just reboots)

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MLOT (me-melan) said : 		#2

Thanks Vin Shankar. Unfortunately it did not help me to fix the problem. The point I can log in using my username but afterwards the screen is brown nothing else I can move the mouse and that is it.
One more thing, once I am in the root shell (by using the recovery mode) the network does not seem to work, I can't 'ping' do you have an idea why?
thanks in advance

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Andy Ferguson (teknostatik) said : 		#3

By "all linked libraries" do you mean you removed things like evolution-data-server-common as well?

removing evolution-data-server-common will also uninstall gnome-panel and ubuntu-desktop amongst other things. I'd recommend dropping to command line (CTRL + ALT + 1) and apt-get installing ubuntu-desktop, which should hopefully pull in everything you need.

Regards,

Andy

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MLOT (me-melan) said : 		#4

Hi Andy, It works perfectly, thanks a lot for your help also Ravi shankar :-)