[Wylug-help] Problems recognising CDRW

[C.Mackins at Bradford.ac.uk]

Ok, some good (better) news.

I follwed what Anne advised - hitting escape at Lilo and booting into a console
typing 'linux 3'

> > it wasn't obvious
> > (to me)  what had occured - had the updates occured? However, the initial
> > problem remains, that I lose icon and menu programmes.
> >
> I think it may have to be done for both user and root menus, which is
> possibly
> what the OP was referring to.

from root [su] I entered update-menus -v and then as user I entered update-menus
-v.

Going back into the GUI (startx) and it appears that my icons and programmes
have reappeared.  Thank you :)


> The problem is that you have too many things to worry about at once.  That
> panic feeling will pass.  I confess I did a couple of reinstalls when I first
> started.  With a little more experience almost anything can be recovered
> from, given a little help, but in the early stages sometimes things go so
> wrong that it's easier to start again.  I don't think you have hit this stage
> yet, though.

Well, that's one major problem over, so, how do I go back to my original problem
of downloading and installing updates?    This problem occured through using
the MCC - selecting security updates to download and install.  Is there a way
of finding out what downloads have been installed and where?

In trying to understand the comands I've just used to resolve this issue, what
are the components of the command 'update-menus -v' obviously 'update' speaks
for itself, but what of 'menus and -v'

Thanks again Anne.





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