Ah, the joys of running a pre-release operating system. I was doing my usual daily update on my Ubuntu Hardy system (the computer I use most of the time), and one of the updates failed to install, saying something about a dependancy not being installed. So, I tried to open Synaptic to sort it out, but it didn’t want to open. I thought that a reboot was in order, but when the computer turned on, it just stopped part way through the boot process. I tried to log into a terminal, but it wouldn’t work. So I then tried the recovery mode, and a few other kernel versions that I had installed.
No luck… It seems that the system is completely hosed, so I’ll have to install it all over again… At least I have my home folder on another partition, so I should keep all my settings. But still, having to install the OS and all the programs that aren’t included by default is very irritating.
I’ll try to pull some projects onto a USB drive – at least it will be a good opportunity to compile them for Windows.
That’s uncool mate.
Though, it’s a warning for me. I’ve been thinking of upgrading my laptop from Gutsy to Hardy (hoping to get better suspend support and some cool AWN stuff) but with that warning I might just wait until April!
How are things going at Backward Elephants?
uhhh i get that ALL the time!