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  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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    15 days ago

    If this is time critical, you might just boot a live image, pull off your data, and reinstall from scratch.

    • rerwidn@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      15 days ago

      Thaaaat’s what I’m worried about. I got a ton of stuff on here, apps, configurations, clipboard data, etc etc. so I don’t wanna lose anything if I can avoid it, it’s a lot. Is there really no way to fix this thing without a fresh reinstall? Right now the main hurdle is fixing the network thing in the recovery, is that impossible to fix or something?

      If so, how would I go about pulling everything out and onto an external drive? Would I be able to start recovering stuff from there by like, idk dragging and dropping some folders here and there or?

    • rerwidn@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      15 days ago

      There listed, but everytime I try to boot in it greets me with a stuck cursor and a black screen, no idea what’s going on.

      Yeah that’s what I’m trying to do, but the networking isn’t working, can’t proceed with the recovery because of it, that’s what I need help with.

      • Maiq@lemy.lol
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        15 days ago

        Have yiu tried making sure network manager is enabled and started?

        sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager

        sudo systemctl start NetworkManager

        From a live USB do you have networking?

        • rerwidn@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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          15 days ago

          Yep, but it doesn’t do anything, still won’t work for some reason.

          Yeah, the live USB seems able to connect to the network. Do I switch over to it then? What can I do from there to fix this thing?

          • Maiq@lemy.lol
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            15 days ago

            Does ethernet work?

            Did you chroot and reupdate? You might want to reuse timeshift to roll back before doing so.

            Could also try going back a couple timeshifts ago.

            • rerwidn@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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              15 days ago

              Sadly my system doesn’t have ethernet, WiFi only.

              Chroot and reupdate? What do you mean?

              Also I completely forgot to even try to see if I can use timeshift in the recovery lol, that’s an option! I seem to be able to access it from the recovery, should I try it first or?

              • Maiq@lemy.lol
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                15 days ago

                Yes try to do that first. First research how to restore from timeshift backup so you do it properly.