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

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

I meant Guy Kloss' instructions.  Sorry, poor proofreading.

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Gary Pajer <gar...@gm...> wrote:

> 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
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