[TriLUG] One thing led to another and killed my Samsung Ultrabook running Linux Mint.

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

Side note, because I forget where config files are located all the time.
So to save myself the headache I can do this:

First of all you need to make sure mlocate is installed, sudo apt-get
install mlocate

after that

sudo updatedb

that will update the db information for mlocate.  You need to do that
periodically but not every time you want to do a locate.  You may get a
security warning about running updatedb with sudo privileges but on a
workstation/laptop this is not as relevant as on a server.

then

locate (name of config file)

This can also be useful for tracking down instances of a config.  Now in
the case of this GlobalSettings.conf file I tested this here:

locate GlobalSettings.conf|grep Cadence
/home/(myuserid)/.config/Cadence/GlobalSettings.conf

Or to see more you could try this:
locate .conf|grep Cadence

That should locate all cadence related config files on the system.  At
least from what I have seen it will.

Ken


On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Ken MacKenzie <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:

> Cadence config is not in /etc it is in your home so...
>
> /home/(yourusername)/.config/Cadence/GlobalSettings.conf
>
> or to make life simpler
>
> vim ~/.config/Cadence/GlobalSettings.conf
>
> Typing that no matter the location will direct you to your instance of
> that config.
>
> Ken
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Jeremy Davis via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>> Ok I am home from work and in front of my laptop.
>>
>> Bill, your <CTRL><ALT><F1> suggestion works. So I will probably start by
>> moving some files to dropbox or a thumbdrive, then I can tinker on things.
>>
>> I don't suspect the SSD is failing, although certainly it would not hurt
>> to
>> check. I have never used ddrescue or anything similar.
>>
>> I think the problem is that I created a conflict when I reinstalled pulse
>> from the Mint (wrong) repository. I think it is Kxstudio that has the
>> correct version. Kxstudio did something to make pulse and jack play nice.
>> Apparently it is a bad idea to forget those programs are not from the Mint
>> repository.
>>
>> Should I start by uninstalling pulse and maybe jack?
>>
>> Ken, starting from /etc how do I get to the cadence config file and change
>> the startup scripts?
>> On May 22, 2015 10:42 AM, "Steve Litt via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, 21 May 2015 18:30:45 -0400
>> > Bill Farrow via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Before you dive into the LiveCD thing, have you tried <CTRL><ALT><F1>
>> > > to get to a root console ? <CTRL><ALT><F7> switches back to the
>> > > graphical consol.
>> >
>> > Context?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > SteveT
>> >
>> > Steve Litt
>>
>>
>