[Xastir] Crash and Restore

[Darryl Gibson]

Tom Russo wrote:
> 
> Sounds like whatever database is kept to keep track of packages is 
> munged.

Yes, and now I need to track down that database, cache, or whatever it 
maybe.

> 
>> Now I'm not sure what to think, was it my backup/restore that
>> munged things, or did the package repos change, or both?
>> 
>> I'm putting this install down, and re-installing Ubuntu from
>> scratch. I'll get all of my hard drive back, clean up fstab, and
>> start off from a clean slate.
> 
> That sounds like an extreme course, but it would guarantee a clean
> system.

Yes, I now have the confidence that I can restore my mission critical 
stuff, so it is time to play with the other stuff.

> You might instead just try installing all the necessary packages with
> apt-get instead of relying on synaptic, but if synaptic is so
> confused then perhaps starting from a clean slate isn't crazy.

Yes again, my fstab file gives me a dozen kernels to boot from, but the 
one I downloaded via synaptic, isn't one of them.

This box is AFU, and I'm putting her down.

73

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Darryl Gibson N2DIY
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