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      Cyric
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      Hi Everyone,

      I ran the update last week, and after the restart I noticed that my PIR sensor wasn’t working. I looked and the python script I used was missing from the MM folder, so i copied it back there, and also onto the main file, because I couldn’t remember where it went. After a restart, Igot a mirror that looked like this: 217cf999-2919-4a07-a333-4197de33638a-image.png

      For some reason, all the text is squished up into a smaller area. When I tried to sort out what happened, I couldn’t use ctrl + alt +delete or any other hotkey shortcuts to get to the file browser or terminal to try and figure out what went wrong. Through a lot of trial and error, I was able to figure out that alt+F2 worked, and that I could pull up a web browser from there to get to my files to at least look at it, though I can’t move, edit, or delete anything. I still can’t get to the normal file browser or the terminal. I tried to zoom out, and that just makes the text smaller but the window size doesn’t change. The web browser underneath is the proper size and everything looks fine there. I can’t seem to pull any log flies, and when I restart it comes back to this. I have to cut power to restart, since ctrl+alt+delete doesn’t work.

      Any ideas on how to fix, or am I looking at a rebuild? Happy to provide whatever other data I can.

      Thanks.

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        sdetweil @Cyric
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        @cyric can u ssh into the machine?

        how about alt-tab to cycle thru the windows?

        alt-spacebar should bring up the context menu of the current window so u can minimize it

        do u normally rotator mm window?

        if u can get in to the console

        ctrl-alt-t to open a terminal window

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          Cyric @sdetweil
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          @sdetweil
          I’m not able to ssh into the machine, but I can VNC into it. I can minimize the window, but it just goes black and gives me an error message about about a wiki page it can’t GET. Currently, it says "Cannot GET /wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers. I can only assume this has to do with a wikipedia of the day module I have installed.

          I normally have it rotated due to how it hangs on my wall.

          I got the web browser up by using alt+F2 and going to help -> documentation. I can’t get into a terminal or anything else.

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            Cyric
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            Thanks for the help, but I just went ahead and reloaded it.

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