> 5. Assess the damage. Glance at the output of 'dpkg -l | less'. Is X > still about? The desktop? Anything obvious missing? Look at the files > in /var/log/apt. All packages removed and installed are recorded. > Supposedly aptitude also logs? >
I used the log file and edited it that way, that I took all the packagages from it and made an "aptitude reinstall" in front of the package list. So I can be sure, all packages, which were uninstalled are now reinstalled. As you did not use the switch "purge", I suppose, all configuration files are still existent. For easy editing I am using kwrite, which has the ability to fill out vertical rows, not only in horizontal (like normal editors do). Large rows I do fill with a unusual sign (i.e. a "#"). Later, when there is a "#" in each line, it can easily be successed with any other string you need, for example "aptitude reinstall -y". Maybe this is an unusual way to fix a broken system, but doing so makes it very easy for me. Just my 2 cents..... Good luck Hans
