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Hi everyone,

I'm pretty much a noob with linux and at the end of my knowledge. I probably did the stupidest thing ever. Today I just wanted to uninstall my lyx editor and accidentially
uninstalled a bunch of important packages As a result Mint now gives me a Xserver not found error and can't connect to the internet.

The error message:

X-server not found: /usr/bin/X: 0 -audit 0 -auth
/var/lib/mdm/> 0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt
... please install Xserver ...

I can't install xserver with apt-get because of the lack of internet connection and the command xorg -configure is not found.
I believe the best way to start would be to get my internet working first but I don't know how. In the command line I always get
the error

sudo: unable to resolve host

and can't download any packages... After some research I found the suggestion of changing the line "managed=false" to true in NetworkManager.conf
but that didn't help. And restarting the Network-manager service didn't change anything either.

I'd be really thankful for any kind of suggestion. I really don't know what to do anymore.

Kind regards.

PS: I'm using Linux Mint 13 on a MSI GE60 installed as dual boot with windows.

I may be wrong, but I always thought that x server was the gui host process. I thought that it handled the graphics card, and the display on the monitor. If I am correct, then the two problems are unrelated. Also If I am correct, are you trying to use wifi or ethernet. I doubt that this is the problem though, otherwise you would have noticed the lack of gui probably.

Yes they are two different problems, but the began at the same time. I have neither a gui nor internet, and I really don't know how to fix this...

thanks for your reply.

I am very sorry about the delay in response. please use and look for your internet adapter. Also are you trying to use wifi or ethernet. Please post the result for the internet adapter that you are using, and if you can not find it post the whole list here.
I doubt that you will be able to find it if the internet is not working. In fact, i hope that you dont if its wifi, if you do, it is a problem that I will likely not be able to help.