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

[Ric Moore via TriLUG]

On 05/22/2015 04:44 PM, Jeremy Davis via TriLUG 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?

Jack installs the rt kernel doesn't it? I think that could lead to some 
issues not getting into if you aren't running some professional audio 
studio setup. Ric



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