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

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

vim would be my preferred if it is installed.  if not, install it.

Ken

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Jeremy Davis <jeremyhwllc at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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