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

Fri May 22 17:16:08 EDT 2015

On May 22, 2015 5:04 PM, "Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:
>
> vim would be my preferred if it is installed.  if not, install it.

      Even though I like vi, how much editing is needed that, say, less and
grep can't fix? If we know what in the config is boink, we can offer
suggestions

>
> 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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