On Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 9:42 AM Go Canes <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM Terry Hurlbut <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I told everyone where the system was getting stuck, everyone > seemed to be saying the system didn't lend itself to a simple repair. Now I > have a system that boots but can't do anything, not even to install > applications or launch shortcuts. Is this not a problem for anyone on this > list to advise on? > > From what you have described your system is in a very unusual broken > state. I may have missed prior details - when you say you can't > install applications, etc., what are the exact errors? Do you have > cli access to Fedora? > > Taking a shot in the dark here, but my *guess* is that either: > - your PATH environment variable has gotten lost or trashed - if so, > you just have to re-create or use full pathnames for commands > - you mistakenly allowed dnf to remove the bulk of your system - if so > you *might* be able to rescue the system using a "live CD" or rescue > mode from an install ISO, but it would be easier to just re-install > (assuming there is no critical data in the OS area, which I believe > you already confirmed there wasn't) > You are correct. I had no critical data in any OS-sensitive partition. Or else what comparatively little I had, I copied off. When you can buy a USB flash drive half the size of your data disk for a nominal price, it opens up new visas. I took a few other steps to create as clean a live installer as I could. Then I installed F43 KDE Plasma Desktop in use-the-whole-disk mode, on the disk that held only the OS and it's software. I now have a functioning system with a fully enabled software installer. Now I need to take a few more steps for which I need advice on appropriate commands, etc.: Recreate two other user accounts. Remount the data disk and make that automatic upon system restart or after system shutdown. Edit the PATH system variable to recognize the "bin" directory for any recognized and logged-in user account. The last step is to recreate my symlink structure. For that, I still have my original reconnection shell scripts. -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > >
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