How about less /var/log/ something? Find the package installed (log files
with apt in the name) which caused the error; search for error messages in
the boot.log or kern.log in that same directory...
At one time the sound card on my laptop worked fine without issues. I guess
after an update or a package install it went all screwy on me. Now, after
every reboot I have run `sudo alsa force-reload` to get my sound card
working. Anybody know how to make it so I don't have to type every time
Adding 'alsa force-reload' to the file /etc/rc.local (before the 'exit' line
of course) will probably work. You need administrator's privileges to edit
this file. For instance:
$ sudo gedit /etc/rc.local
I thought gksudo was just a graphical frontend for entering your password for
sudo. It does something different?
Apparently gksudo sets HOME=~root, and copies .Xauthority to a tmp directory.
This prevents files in your home directory becoming owned by Root.
