Auto Update broke the OS.

Discussion in 'Acer Aspire One' started by Boomer_K, Oct 30, 2008.

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    Boomer_K

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    I did an auto update last night. It said everything was ok after installation, but on reboot, I got no icons in the desktop, the trackpad wouldn't work, and the keys were locked. After a minute, I got a "HAL cannot initialize" error. I had a recovery key ready, so I reinstalled linpus. I'd like to know if anyone else has had this issue, since I'd like to be able to update my system without problems. I searched the forum, but came up with little.
     
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    Can you remember what modifications (if any) you made before you auto-updated?
     
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    I activated the advanced desktop, and installed GIMP. I also installed and deleted irfan. That's it.
     
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    I don't believe that this happens again. I experienced this around one month ago, when UI.sh was wrongly posted in Acer's autoupdate and caused a lot of AA1 to break. I did manual update using the files in the cache (var/cache/online-updater if I am not mistaken), except this sh file.
     
    nugroho2, Nov 4, 2008
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