crash while using PyCharm / Python3

[Adam]

"Adam" <adam at no_thanks.com> wrote in message 
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> "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek at xs4all.nl> wrote in message 
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>> Op 21-03-16 om 17:51 schreef Adam:
>>> "Adam" <adam at no_thanks.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ncikss$tks$1 at news.albasani.net...
>>>>
>>>> Host OS:    Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 LTS / Unity
>>>>
>>>> System crashed while using PyCharm / Python3.
>>>> Booting takes forever and stuck at the purple screen with
>>>> the Ubuntu logo and the five dots cycling.
>>>> How to fix?
>>>>
>>>
>>> So, I tried Ubuntu repair methods suggested here...
>>>
>>> How to Fix an Ubuntu System When It Won't Boot
>>> http://www.howtogeek.com/196740/how-to-fix-an-ubuntu-system-when-it-wont-boot/
>>> GRUB Boot Loader is accessible but using the recovery mode did not help.
>>> It hangs with "Loading extension GLX" but I forget which command I used.
>>>
>>> Then, I tried to...
>>>
>>> Reinstall Ubuntu While Keeping Files and Programs
>>>
>>> but, I am instead given the following options...
>>> ===========================================================
>>> This computer currently has Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS on it.  What would you 
>>> like
>>> to do?
>>>
>>> - Erase Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS and reinstall
>>>      Warning: This will delete all your Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS programs,
>>> documents, photos...
>>> - Install Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS alongside Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
>>>      Documents, music, and other personal files will be kept.  You can 
>>> choose
>>> which operating system...
>>> - Erase disk and install Ubuntu
>>> - Something else
>>> ===========================================================
>>>
>>> Perhaps, "Install Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS alongside Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS" is 
>>> the
>>> safest ?
>>>
>>>
>> It's easy to do a reinstall without wiping documents and application 
>> configurations/settings PROVIDING you have a separate / (root) and /home 
>> partition.
>>
>> During partition you select Manual partitioning and assign the existing 
>> partitions being VERY careful to NOT format the existing /home.
>>
>> But / where the OS and all applications reside will need to be 
>> formatted/deleted/overwritten.
>
> I guess I can do something like...
>
> $ dpkg --get-selections \*    |    awk '{print $1}'    >    ~/package_list
> $ cat ~/package_list    |    sudo xargs -l1 aptitude reinstall
>
> to reinstall packages that were installed after installing Ubuntu.
>
> There ought to be a way to just reinstall the graphics subsystem rather 
> than
> an all-or-none installation approach.
>

Sure glad I did not reinstall Ubuntu.  Whew!!


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>>
>> Keeping the configuration on your /home might cause the old error to be 
>> included in the new install...
>>
>> Although, you error seems to be the system, not the applications.
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