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File searchCTRL + f
Restart desktop
ALT + F2, then type r and ENTER
Change access security
$ chmod a+rw <name>
Config serial port 9600-N-8-1-no parity
$ stty -F/dev/ttyusbx 9600 -parenb cs8 -cstopb
Show listed tty
$ dmesg | grep tty
Link to fix mouse wheel ??????????xinput list
content:
$ xinput list to get mouse device #
$ xinput –list-props ‘[YOUR DEVICE ID# HERE]’ ill display mouse properties
Ensure that the Button Scrolling Button = 2”
If not =2 then:
$ xinput set-prop [YOUR DEVICE ID# HERE] “libinput Button Scrolling Button” 2
Now you can enable wheel
$ xinput set-prop [YOUR DEVICE ID# HERE] “libinput Scroll Method Enabled” 0, 0, 1
List all drives and partitions
$ lsblk
Printer job cancel
$ cancel “printer-name”
TCP network on/off
$ sudo nmcli networking (off) (on)
Clean and update lal packages that were once installed
$ sudo apt-get update Updates all the packages in the apt cache to the current versions
$ sudo apt-get upgrade upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system
$ sudo apt-get autoremove remove packages that were automatically installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are now no longer needed.
More terminal Commands:
$ man alsactl user manual review, press “q” to quit
$ alsactl info get card number, will list all sound cards (a USB headset is also a sound card
$ alsactl store motherboard sound cards are usually (0). Without specifying a card number all sound card devices will store their current configurations and you may not want that
These sound card parameters are stored at /var/lib/alsa/asound.state on Linux Mint.
$ cd /var/lib/alsa/
$ ls
asound.state
PulseAudio
Terminal Command to restart:
$ pulseaudio -k if your having trouble use this kill command
$ pulseaudio –start after kill, now restart
Install and use PulseAudio Volume Control via Terminal
$ sudo apt-get install pavucontrol install pavucontrol
$ pavucontrol Run Volume Control in terminal
Install and use PulseAudio Volume Control using Software Manager
LM/Admministration/Software Manager
search for pavucontrol install
LM /Sound and Video /PulseAudio Volume Control Run volume control in GUI
Upgrade PulseAudio
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade pulseaudio