Re: Newbie: How to report a bug? Installing KiCad makes Ubuntu 18.04 unbootable

2019-10-08 Thread Colin Law
> > I tested the app and it worked great. Then I restarted laptop and got the > dreaded flickering ubuntu logo (blank screen->ubuntu loading logo -> blank > screen etc) and it would never stop flashing. Reboot and select Advanced Options for Ubuntu from the grub boot menu. Then select to enter a

Re: Newbie: How to report a bug? Installing KiCad makes Ubuntu 18.04 unbootable

2019-10-08 Thread Thomas Ward
Reporting a bug in this case would mean contacting the PPA maintainer indicating the package and software it installs makes the system unbootable.PPAs are considered untrusted third party repositories so you use them at your own risk for the most part.  They are not maintained by Ubuntu Develop

Newbie: How to report a bug? Installing KiCad makes Ubuntu 18.04 unbootable

2019-10-08 Thread Zachrey Helmberger
I finally figured out how to use the Ubuntu Live USB stick and get a command prompt and ran e2fsck -fcck /dev/sda1 and found some badblocks but even after doing this, Ubuntu became unbootable after installing KiCad. I installed 18.04 again by choosing "dual boot" or something like that that made