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Mike Kurtzman

14 Jan, 2011 10:06 AM via web

I downloaded a random theme for Spaz that was likely for the version from a year ago, but I applied it anyway and now Spaz looks all screwed up. I tried to uninstall and reinstall, but the changes are being kept anyway. What do I need to do in order to return Spaz to the default look without it being screwed up? I'm using Spaz in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.

  1. Support Staff 2 Posted by Ed Finkler on 14 Jan, 2011 02:43 PM

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    I would blow away your prefs file. In the newest version of spaz, you
    should be able to hit CTRL+, to open the folder that contains
    preferences.json.

  2. 3 Posted by Mike Kurtzman on 14 Jan, 2011 08:45 PM

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    If CTRL+ didn't do anything that I could see. I looked into the Spaz folders and noticed there wasn't any file with the same name as you mentioned, but rather one named spaz.prefs.js in /opt/Spaz/share/app/models. I copied the current one elsewhere and then saved a completely blank one and when I started it up then Spaz showed to be running, but obviously nothing seemed to show up. I have since copied the screwed up one back so it at least shows up again. Perhaps if someone just posted the text of the original default spaz.prefs.js here I could see if that would work.

  3. Support Staff 4 Posted by Ed Finkler on 14 Jan, 2011 09:29 PM

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    yes, that is some of the main app code. You will need to delete and
    re-install the application.

    You should delete the preferences.json file. It's on your machine; I
    think I told you the wrong keystroke. It should be CTRL+SHIFT+, on
    Linux. If that doesn't open the folder with your preferences, you'll
    need to poke around your machine for it.

  4. 5 Posted by thynctank on 14 Jan, 2011 10:14 PM

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    Not sure but did he maybe miss the comma, or interpret it as punctuation instead of as a key that needed to be pressed.

  5. 6 Posted by Mike Kurtzman on 14 Jan, 2011 10:45 PM

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    OK, problem solved. Thanks, Ed!

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