[Visualpython-users] Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) installation/fix: WARNING!!

[Gary P. <gar...@gm...>]

I'm running Kubuntu 9.10 and python 2.6.4 on a Thinkpad T41 which sports the
dreaded Radeon Mobility 7500 video set.

I followed            instructions exactly, then began to try example
programs.

doublependulum worked fine.

The next one I tried was stonehenge.  I got an error that visual.text could
not be found.
Then I tried stars, and got an error that newaxis was not defined.  Uh oh.
Not good.
I also tried gyro and gas.   The visual.text error came up more than once.

Then I noticed that some icons were missing from my system, replaced by
question marks.  I figured I should at least logout/in, perhaps restart X,
perhaps reboot.  So I logout via the KDE menu, and the system drops into a
character terminal login screen ... unusual ... but I can't log in.  Any
user name entered resulted in the login prompt returning.  No password
prompt.  I tried other "terminals"  (alt-f2, etc) same result.  I could get
no useful response doing anything I could think of.  Out of ideas, I powered
down.

On restart, a filesystem check started, but ended in failure: filesystem
could not be mounted.  It did give me a "rescue" terminal session of some
sort, and I was able to run fsck.  A couple dozen errors were found and
repaired.  Things like orphaned inodes, broken chains,  I don't remember
exactly, but I'm sure you get the idea.  I don't know if there is any
permanent "damage".

I wish I could give you more information, but there's not much more to
tell.  If you think there might be clues left behind, I'll gladly look for
them.

-gary