[Solved] Installation Repair

[Gandalf the White]

Is it possible to repair an installation of LinuxMint O/S, or do you have reinstall the O/S?

Thanks

[DataMan]

You'll need to be a bit more specific. What constitutes a repair? How far are you into the installation?

-DataMan

[Gandalf the White]

You'll need to be a bit more specific. What constitutes a repair? How far are you into the installation?

-DataMan

I think it was as a result of an update or an upgrade. After rebooting, the Cinnamon Desktop was gone, if that is the correct terminology. Instead of the typical look of Cinnamon, now I have what looks like two panels. One at the top and one at the bottom of the monitor. At the upper left corner it reads Applications then Places.

I tried to reinstall Cinnamon via the Synaptic Manager. By searching for Cinnamon, six packages appear. I click on them to generate a re-installation of the six packages. Unfortunately, after rebooting, nothing had changed.

I'm running out of ideas. Being new with Linux to begin with, I'm just a bit out of my league.

[zerozero]

what you are describing is fallback mode (usually a result of broken graphics cards drivers)
open a terminal and post back the output of

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inxi -Gx

[Gandalf the White]

what you are describing is fallback mode (usually a result of broken graphics cards drivers)
open a terminal and post back the output of

Code: Select all

inxi -Gx

inxi -Gx

Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] bus-ID: 01:05.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1440x900@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A

[usbtux]

Have you just installed/ uninstalled a graphics driver (Radeon maybe) - I had exactly the same problem yesterday, just after updating.
Oh I see it is a Radeon...

But I had a backup previous to the graphic driver install so every thing is good now.

[Gandalf the White]

Have you just installed/ uninstalled a graphics driver (Radeon maybe) - I had exactly the same problem yesterday, just after updating.
Oh I see it is a Radeon...

But I had a backup previous to the graphic driver install so every thing is good now.

I'm happy for you, but how do I fix my problem?

[Gandalf the White]

Which Installation type do I select? I know the middle one is out.

[usbtux]

http://youtu.be/kBrRL6iG0NM using the installer (ubiquity) after setting up your partitions. Or installing over an existing install partitions.
As CtrlAltDel pointed out do not format your partitions.

My original post pointed to the necessity to backup your system. Doesn't help you now, but its all a learning process.

[mtbvfr]

I followed this procedure one time when I had issues with my repositories and software manager and it fixed them right up and didn't harm my installation at all. It didn't affect anything, really, it just fixed what was wrong.

So, were your System Settings and things like Firefox History, Session and Bookmarks data still asthey were before the Installation Repair?

What about the Boot Loader/EFI partiton? Will a computer that is configured for Dual Booting with Windows 8.1 Professional be adversely affected by Installation Repair?

Please look at the following topic for information regarding my problem.

Allow Administrator account Read Write access to "/" Folder

Thanks, Michael.