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Recommended CLI Commands to Execute for Error Log?
OzarkJoe:
--- Quote from: stevef on April 29, 2022, 08:59:21 AM ---Thank you for letting us know.
I'd guess the display scaling change just affected the logged in user's personal desktop and so would probably have been saved in the user's home directory in the normally hidden sub-directories.
Home directories are excluded for backing up under Timeshift default settings. This could explain why the restore left you in the same place.
Home directories (including hidden) are included for backup by by dejadup (aka Backups) with default settings - though it's not particularly easy to revert a change like this from a backup set.
Ideally there would be a 'Automatically revert changes in 15 seconds' type of confirmation after applying the change to reduce the chances of getting stuck.
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I was expecting the auto-change/auto-revert action to occur. But it just froze.
Thanks for the information. I'm learning something every day. I'm trying to keep this 63 year old brain active. It's a chore considering what I did to it in the 1980s.
I've received a few beginner and command line books I'm looking forward to digging into.
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stevef:
Thank you for letting us know.
I'd guess the display scaling change just affected the logged in user's personal desktop and so would probably have been saved in the user's home directory in the normally hidden sub-directories.
Home directories are excluded for backing up under Timeshift default settings. This could explain why the restore left you in the same place.
Home directories (including hidden) are included for backup by by dejadup (aka Backups) with default settings - though it's not particularly easy to revert a change like this from a backup set.
Ideally there would be a 'Automatically revert changes in 15 seconds' type of confirmation after applying the change to reduce the chances of getting stuck.
OzarkJoe:
--- Quote from: stevef on April 28, 2022, 02:15:30 AM ---Trying to understand the issue a bit more.
--- Quote ---I made some changes in the display UI
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What tweaks were done just before the machine froze.
--- Quote ---Upon reboot it sent me to the infamous login loop
--- End quote ---
A description of what happens might help.
--- Quote ---went to my system snapshots and I'm installing my first clean setup from there'
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Is this using Timeshift aka System Restore Utility or DejaDup aka Backups or something else
Just a suggestion, but after logging in to the tty via ctrl+alt+f2 maybe try the command
--- Code: ---startx
--- End code ---
Followed by return and post the result with any error messages
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A) I changed the desktop display settings. Display > Scale: 1x (changed to 2x) > clicked apply. System froze and the only option was to do a hard reboot (press power button until the laptop power goes off).
B) After the above mentioned forced reboot, I did a search of the Linux Lite forum for issues where the auto-login is ignored and boots to the user account and password login... (selecting my username and entering my password followed by clicking enter) sends the user back to the same page. This is where I discovered the Ctrl+Alt+F2 feature.
C) I used the pre-installed Timeshift/Snapshot creation application (labeled: System Restore Utility) and applied the first RSYNC restore point I created immediately after the 6.0 install. The restore point was before any changes were made.
D) No need to proceed further with running startx. I did a fresh re-install of 6.0 and I'm back to an error free load. But, just in case... I'm saving a Timeshift/Snapshot of my fresh install.
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stevef:
Trying to understand the issue a bit more.
--- Quote ---I made some changes in the display UI
--- End quote ---
What tweaks were done just before the machine froze.
--- Quote ---Upon reboot it sent me to the infamous login loop
--- End quote ---
A description of what happens might help.
--- Quote ---went to my system snapshots and I'm installing my first clean setup from there'
--- End quote ---
Is this using Timeshift aka System Restore Utility or DejaDup aka Backups or something else
Just a suggestion, but after logging in to the tty via ctrl+alt+f2 maybe try the command
--- Code: ---startx
--- End code ---
Followed by return and post the result with any error messages
firenice03:
If you reverted a snapshot or backup?? was that prior to setting auto login?
When you log on is this a normal login or a tty session (Ctrl+Alt+F2) ... To exit or return to GUI try - Ctrl+Alt+F7 ..
- Should you attempt to undo or fix via the tty...
Might be worth a try log in and set up auto login again??
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