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« on: August 04, 2010, 10:13:55 PM » |
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Today I needed to re-install PCLOS from My Live CD(DVD) and when I re-booted I started out with PCLOS log-in but soon after my desktop appeared I had Mandy icons, a blank wallpaper and a KDE3 desktop. Everything appears to function properly but the appearance is strange. How do I get back to PCLOS only with no Mandy icons or reference and remove the KDE3 references? While I can't see that this error log from akonadi has any relevance I'm attaching it anyway to be sure. Thanks.
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« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2010, 10:18:52 PM » |
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Update: I re-booted and the log-in screen appeared I chose my default user account and tried to log-in as before but was met with two windows of slightly different sizes with the prompt [kansas@localhost"]$ I can then only exit and go back to the user account screen and choose a different user account then I can successfully log in to a different user account. I had successfully re-booted multiple times before this happened. Also I'm getting Mandriva update notifications that there is a new version of Mandy available and a "root" notification prompt within a few minutes after boot-up. While I was awaiting a reply here I decided to re-install from MyLive CD once more in hopes that this would solve the problem. It did not and there is no change. I still cannot log in to my primary user account either. One tidbit I'd like to add is that on first boot after install I'm met with a message "There was a problem adding medium could not find a mirror from mirrorlist $MIRRORLIST"
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« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2010, 12:06:16 AM » |
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I have encountered yet another odd behavior. If I want to start a new session with a different user account I cannot. When I select start new session I am returned to the same account I'm currently logged into and prompted to enter the password. Do I need to do a fresh install or is there a way around this madness?  |
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2010, 05:05:02 AM » |
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Did you "re-use" your /home partition when you re-installed? Or did you format it.
Have you had Mandriva installed on that system, possibly with the same /home partition?
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« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2010, 05:08:34 AM » |
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You have 'cross pollination' from a Mandy install ....... whether it is on the Live DVD or on an attached HDD remains to be seen .....
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« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2010, 12:43:14 PM » |
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Sorry for the delayed reply. Thanks for your suggestions or answers. As the Forum was down I was able to discuss this on IRC with Sproggy and Hootiegibbon. The conclusion was the same as has been suggested here. Somehow I got a cross pollination from the Mandriva "flower" which corrupted my PCLOS live cd that I made. I don't remember installing Mandy on this drive but in the process of solving a problem with PCLOS2010 on said drive I did use Mandy for a short time. Possibly this is how or when the problem began. Having a backup HDD is always nice and I copied my personal files to it and re-installed PCLOS2010.7 on the master drive after formatting / and /home. When I booted up after the install everything is back right again. Lesson learned from this experience, never install over an existing installation. Format first.
Thanks again for the support.
Bob
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« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2010, 02:16:30 PM » |
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« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2010, 04:14:22 PM » |
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Glad you got sorted Thanks. |
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« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2010, 10:02:31 AM » |
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Pleased things are AOK.
If this is now done Snapshot you may want to mark the subject line of your first post as (Solved)
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« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2010, 11:53:55 AM » |
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Pleased things are AOK.
If this is now done Snapshot you may want to mark the subject line of your first post as (Solved)
It is marked (solved). Thanks. |
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