No wifi detected, gtk settings reset and I cannot connect external drives after update.

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northernarcher
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se unió: 12/24/2014

So I just updated Trisquel. I rebooted. The system is really broken now.
The wifi card does not show up on the applet or system settings.My GTK theme was set back to default. My icon theme was set back to default. I wanted to do a backup with a USB drive but it won't detect that anything is being. I am posting this from a phone. I don't know what to do. Please help me. I need this laptop for school. I am using a Librebooted Thinkpad X60 from Minifree.

northernarcher
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se unió: 12/24/2014

I can't actually power the laptop off now. The icons for it aren't in their respective menus. I also cannot open the disk utility.

ADFENO
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se unió: 12/31/2012

I think our priority is getting USB working for now, and secondly wifi,
themes and icons. In this particular order. With this order in mind, I
have the following questions:

1. Did you update from Trisquel 7 (stable) to 8 (in development)?

1. If you are still using Trisquel 7: Was it just a package upgrade?

3. Go to terminal (Ctrl + Alt + F1 through F6, whichever you like).

1. Type your user name and password.

2. Before and while connecting USB devices, do:

1. See if the following text files chnage (this can be done with
`less [File name without this brackets.]` and when inside,
press End and Page Down to force the file to be read again,
when done press Q to quit GNU `less`):

- ~/.xsession-errors

- /var/log/syslog

- /var/log/dmesg

- /var/log/kern.log

- /var/log/udev

2. See if the output of these commands change:

- df

- lsblk

- sudo blkid

This one will ask your user's password.

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northernarcher
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se unió: 12/24/2014

1. No.

2. I just did sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade

3.

I'll paste the output of these since I don't know what they mean.

- ~/.xsession-errors
https://pastebin.com/WeKXuViV

- /var/log/syslog
https://pastebin.com/pc1Px0uK

- /var/log/dmesg
https://pastebin.com/duw0P7zb

- /var/log/kern.log
This one is empty

- /var/log/udev
https://pastebin.com/YEVc6jPF

>- df
>- lsblk
>- sudo blkid
All of these commands did show a differnce when thumbdrives were not plugged and when they were not. They get called eith sdb or sdb1

ADFENO
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se unió: 12/31/2012

About the log files you presented:

- dmesg log file tells us that sda1 is needing disk checking with
e2fsck. Please read the paragraph before all the items before doing
anything related to this item.

- Still analising dmesg log file, udevtrigger processes seem to be
failing, but we have to investigate why.

- .xsession-errors log file tells us that a lot of settings can't be
read due to wrong permissions.

So, as a first suggestion: please use e2fsck to try to fix errors in
sdb1 partition. *However*, if df or lsblk say that the mount point of
sda1 is "/", "/home" or anything inside "/home" ("Mounted on" in GNU df,
"MOUNTPOINT" in lsblk), then you *must* do this using a live operating
system. If I remember correctly, after unmounting sda1 (`umount
"/dev/sda1"`), you can do the check by running `e2fsck
"/dev/sda1"`. When done, test things again to see if they are working,
if they are still not working, please report the results (from log files
and command outputs mentioned earlier).

About the external drive: Check if the output of the df and lsblk show
mount points for the "sdb1" part. In GNU df, it should be "Mounted on"
(last column). In lsblk it's the "MOUNTPOINT" (last column too). If such
mount point exists, then you can actually go to that place by doing `cd
"[Mount point, without these brackets]"`. But I suspect that copying
things from sda1 to sdb1 might result in corrupted files.

northernarcher
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se unió: 12/24/2014

I've also just realized the battery applet is gone and sound no longer works.

northernarcher
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se unió: 12/24/2014

If you could possibly help me just get my USB HD running then I will just back up my home folder, wipe everything out and install Trisquel 8. It's about time anyways.

SuperTramp83

I am a translator!

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se unió: 10/31/2014

>If you could possibly help me just get my USB HD running

Well, just boot a live Gnuxino distro, when booted insert external hardrive and copy your data form /home to the external drive.. Mind that AFAIK Trisquel 8 hasn't got a live version yet, only the installer, so yeah, use a live iso of Trisquel 7 or Debian or whatever.
cheers

Soon.to.be.Free
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se unió: 07/03/2016

It does have a live environment. I'd post a screenshot if I could- it's an absolutely stunning background- but... I have no idea what I'm doing.

ADFENO
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se unió: 12/31/2012

Oh, that's OK, and very awesome indeed, :)

I must note that, by "live operating system" or "live system
distribution", I mean a system distribution that is in another USB or
CD/DVD, and can be used to do basic things in the computer, without
installing anything or without using things that are inside the
computer.

For example, if you used a USB storage device to install Trisquel, you
might still have it around, and in such case, it's probably a live one.

In case of doubt, do as Stallman once did: have someone do it for
you. No need to be the "know all" person, no one is. :)