install script does rm -rf /usr for ubuntu #123

ginoputrino · May 24, 2011

An extra space at line 351:
rm -rf /usr /lib/nvidia-current/xorg/xorg

causes the install.sh script to do an rm -rf on the /usr directory for people installing in ubuntu.

Totally uncool dude!!! The script deletes everything under /usr. I just had to reinstall linux on my pc to recover.

Removing the space will fix this. Probably should do it quickly!!!

Ya this happened to me. I wasn't sure what went wrong, but chaos ensued shortly after I ran the install script. I have to work tommorow, and require my computer, so this could be a late night reinstalling/recovering my personal files. Oh well, I guess that is what I get for alpha testing ;D

Finalfantasykid · May 24, 2011

Ya this happened to me. I wasn't sure what went wrong, but chaos ensued shortly after I ran the install script. I have to work tommorow, and require my computer, so this could be a late night reinstalling/recovering my personal files. Oh well, I guess that is what I get for alpha testing ;D

GIANT BUG... causing /usr to be deleted... so sorry....

MrMEEE · May 24, 2011

GIANT BUG... causing /usr to be deleted... so sorry....

This made me laugh :)

goncalossilva · Jun 16, 2011

This made me laugh :)

Yeah... I was very tired that night...

MrMEEE · Jun 16, 2011

Yeah... I was very tired that night...

Guess it's ok to laugh about it now :-)
Btw props to MrMEEE - this driver has totally saved me from having to do cad
in windows. Legendary piece of work! I don't even mind that it wiped my
machine the first time I tried it :-)
On Jun 16, 2011 10:01 PM, "MrMEEE" <
reply@reply.github.com>
wrote:

Yeah... I was very tired that night...

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:
https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee/issues/123#issuecomment-1381166

ginoputrino · Jun 16, 2011

Guess it's ok to laugh about it now :-)
Btw props to MrMEEE - this driver has totally saved me from having to do cad
in windows. Legendary piece of work! I don't even mind that it wiped my
machine the first time I tried it :-)
On Jun 16, 2011 10:01 PM, "MrMEEE" <
reply@reply.github.com>
wrote:

Yeah... I was very tired that night...

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:
https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee/issues/123#issuecomment-1381166

poor guy..

kinopyo · Jun 17, 2011

poor guy..

nice...

gep · Jun 17, 2011

nice...

dude. you are famous now

realyasswl · Jun 28, 2011

dude. you are famous now

Wow - just read the commit thread on github. Took me longer than it did
to reinstall my machine.
Epic. Had no idea that was going on.

ginoputrino · Jun 28, 2011

Wow - just read the commit thread on github. Took me longer than it did
to reinstall my machine.
Epic. Had no idea that was going on.

It took me longer to load the pictures in that commit than to reinstall my machine.

txdv · Jul 16, 2011

It took me longer to load the pictures in that commit than to reinstall my machine.

DMA-BUF is the real solution to this problem.

diegoviola · Feb 9, 2012

DMA-BUF is the real solution to this problem.

epic xd

pabloromocl · Aug 31, 2012

epic xd

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xdstack · Feb 27, 2014

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Haha people even reference to this issue lolol

Long it will be remembered

1and1get2 · Feb 5, 2015

Haha people even reference to this issue lolol

Long it will be remembered

Link to a commit for future reference, awesomeness and epic comments since this issue comes up in Google instead:

a047be8#diff-1

turshija · May 15, 2015

Link to a commit for future reference, awesomeness and epic comments since this issue comes up in Google instead:

a047be8#diff-1

ayr-ton · Sep 12, 2015

LOL, i am on the process of recovering my own files. Fortunately, it's just a test machine. I'd love to see if some one deployed the script on an working server

sximaget · Oct 25, 2015

LOL, i am on the process of recovering my own files. Fortunately, it's just a test machine. I'd love to see if some one deployed the script on an working server

mom i have been here

JarJak · Feb 17, 2016

mom i have been here

So interesting a bug

tishion · Jun 6, 2016

So interesting a bug

Just place the space before usr.

Example:# rm -rf / usr/...

It anyway doesn't come with any warranty so..

Serkan-devel · Jul 26, 2016

Just place the space before usr.

Example:# rm -rf / usr/...

It anyway doesn't come with any warranty so..

Oh boy. This really exists. Thought it was only urban legend...

Wampirue · Feb 8, 2017

Oh boy. This really exists. Thought it was only urban legend...

I just heard about this and come around to see what happened, and…hahaha…

chewenkai · Jul 12, 2017

I just heard about this and come around to see what happened, and…hahaha…

We still remember!

HIMix · Aug 2, 2017

We still remember!

nice~

ycjcl868 · Aug 15, 2017

nice~

wow, remarkable bug

zhanchengqian · Nov 7, 2017

wow, remarkable bug

WAHAHAHAHAHAHA

jofftiquez · Nov 23, 2017

WAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Leave my name here so that subsequent viewers will see my name 😂

ice1000 · Nov 23, 2017

Leave my name here so that subsequent viewers will see my name 😂

@ice1000 same here haha

jofftiquez · Nov 23, 2017

@ice1000 same here haha

Same for me x) My IT teacher showed me this one

Marcerisson · Dec 21, 2017

Same for me x) My IT teacher showed me this one

Tourists from Zhihu.com

DevChache · Jan 2, 2018

Tourists from Zhihu.com

Tourists from Zhihu.com + 1
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Zainking · Jan 11, 2018

Tourists from Zhihu.com + 1
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“This is a visitor from .”

XAS-712 · Feb 21, 2018

“This is a visitor from .”

like this if ur reading in 2007

iptq · Feb 23, 2018

like this if ur reading in 2007

how could this happen...

0kaguya · Feb 27, 2018

how could this happen...

I'm writing in the epic thread.

azarovalex · May 9, 2018

I'm writing in the epic thread.

Hi from May, 2018

jofftiquez · May 10, 2018

Hi from May, 2018

Hi from June, 2018. We are in the history of github forever

Erkin97 · Jun 8, 2018

Hi from June, 2018. We are in the history of github forever

🤪

tobytteh · Jun 12, 2018

🤪

Like exploring abandoned subway tunnels. distant echoes

scrabbling rats

krdecker · Jun 13, 2018

Like exploring abandoned subway tunnels. distant echoes

scrabbling rats

I wish one can just, reverse the acquisition from Microsoft

Serkan-devel · Jun 13, 2018

I wish one can just, reverse the acquisition from Microsoft

@Serkan-devel will you fund github's dying business model then?

jofftiquez · Jun 14, 2018

@Serkan-devel will you fund github's dying business model then?

What a nice place for meditation.

Yodzorah · Jul 19, 2018

What a nice place for meditation.

It happened in the first year of my career as a programmer, still remember it!

blueabysm · Aug 27, 2018

It happened in the first year of my career as a programmer, still remember it!

Hello from Aug, 2018!

jofftiquez · Aug 27, 2018

Hello from Aug, 2018!

It's really famous. :)

Li-Aaron · Sep 10, 2018

It's really famous. :)

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