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

[Jeremy Davis via TriLUG]

Ok I found the file. How do edit? Seems like nano does not work here.
On May 22, 2015 4:56 PM, "Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >>
> >
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