SurlyJake » apt http://www.surlyjake.com Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:27:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Karmic install cannot login (gdm freezes) Nvidia http://www.surlyjake.com/linux/karmic-install-cannot-login-gdm-freezes-nvidia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=karmic-install-cannot-login-gdm-freezes-nvidia http://www.surlyjake.com/linux/karmic-install-cannot-login-gdm-freezes-nvidia/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:13:46 +0000 jacob http://www.surlyjake.com/?p=560 On a fresh install of karmic, using an Nvidia 7800 GT. When I went to click on my username to log in, some artifacts would appear on the screen, then the system would freeze. hard. Couldnt even ctrl+alt to another console. Installing the Nvidia drivers fixed the issue. To fix it:

  1. Do a hard reset on the machine
  2. When you arrive at the GDM screen, DO NOT CLICK ON ANYTHING.
  3. press CTRL + ALT + F5. Your screen will switch over to a text console.
  4. Log in.
  5. Install the Nvidia glx driver
    6. sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx-new
  6. Reboot the machine.
    7. sudo reboot
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sudo aptitude
Ouch!  Got SIGSEGV, dying..

apparently, just remove some files:
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin

now everything is back to normal.

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apt-get remove --purge mysql-server

That only deleted something like 86K. dissapointing. It looks like “mysql-server” is a shortcut pointing to the latest version of the software. The real software is found  under the name “mysql-server-50″. So what made it happen was:
apt-get remove --purge mysql-server*

That’ll wipe out whatever mysql install is in place.

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