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Please help me.

i have Ubuntu 12.04.

I ran this command sudo apt-get update -f and canceled terminal window during running . when i restarted Ubuntu ,Ubuntu did not login in.I typed correct password but it goes back to login screen again and again.

Please help me

Sunny Willes
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Try rebooting into recovery mode and select "Root". From there, reinstall 'gdm'. 

apt-get -f install gdm

then just reboot. You should see a login window

Horizon
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  • unable to purse or open. – Sunny Willes Nov 14 '14 at 22:15
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    Why GDM? 12.04 uses LightDM. – Oli Nov 14 '14 at 22:16
  • ubuntu-gnome-desktop uses gdm which is an optional package but so is lightdm for ubuntu-desktop. I am expecting to give "apt-get -f" a chance to do its "incomplete" stuff so gdm or lightdm doesn't matter much if he has a broken system. – Horizon Nov 14 '14 at 22:27
  • the PACKAGE LISTs or status file could not be parsed or opened – Sunny Willes Nov 14 '14 at 22:33
  • In that case, take a look here /var/log/apt/history.log. You will need to login back to Recovery Mode by selecting "Root". From the history.log file, see which package was getting installed when you closed the window - it should be a package name towards end. Do a "apt-get remove" and "apt-get autoremove" right after. This is to get back to the state hopefully your system was before this problem. – Horizon Nov 14 '14 at 22:42
  • IT was not installing ,it was removing packages. – Sunny Willes Nov 14 '14 at 22:51
  • The point is 'reverse' the whatever operation using 'apt-get' to get back to previous and hopefully working state. Let know if you try it. Theoretically, it should work. Though, I am surprised that there is no 'undo' kind of operation supported by 'apt-get'. I have used 'yum' extensively and it had this 'undo' transaction support for exactly scenarios like this. – Horizon Nov 14 '14 at 23:02