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could not write bytes broken pipe 12.04

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I have installed ubuntu 12.04 along with windows vista as dual boot.It was working fine. But ubuntu was having some issue with the mousepad. So I installed and removed some pakages unknowing what they do. And now while booting ubuntu, I am getting an error "Could not write bytes:broken pipe" and it does nothing after showing this message. I tried may things like upgrading grub, lightdm restart etc. But still the same error.

Can someone help me on this? I am stuck.

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answered 1 Year ago elecerna · Accepted Answer

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The following steps should be taken:

First, check that you can still do this at startup:

hold down (or repeatedly tap) the Shift key while you boot. Grub should present you with a menu. Choose the second option, to go into recovery mode; then choose, Drop to root shell prompt.

Then look for the log of removed packages:

In the terminal you can input the following code

sudo -H gedit /var/log/apt/history.log

find the removed packages and then run

sudo apt-get install package1 package2 package3

The OP the confirmed through vim almost screen full of uninstalled packages for example xserver-xorg-video-s3-lts-raring, xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse

Thus to install the uninstalled packages:

example: sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-s3-lts-raring xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse etc. Note: always have a space between package1 package2