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    Is this related to askubuntu.com/questions/1542997/…? This is one of the reasons why I was very worried when I saw you made the change in the global /etc/environment file. Can you boot into a live system? I.e. do the same thing you did to originally install the OS onto the machine. You can get live images of Raspbian from raspberrypi.com/software, then boot using one of those and you can go and edit the file on the original system. Let us know if this is an option and we can try to guide you. Commented Mar 6 at 15:59
  • @terdon yeahhh.... thats me. I'm smiling, laughing and crying at the same time. hahaha, filled with shame. I might be able to do as you say. My OS is on a m2 SSD. So I could play with it amd use the SD card, and do as you say. Good idea. Im gonna try that after my dinner date (bad timing) Commented Mar 6 at 16:07
  • @terdon ps. It can be very difficult to find the right stack Exchange. Happy to have found this one over the Ubuntu. Commented Mar 6 at 16:14
  • Very difficult indeed, I know. And I have no idea why you would be filled with shame. You are new to Linux, there's nothing to be ashamed of there! Nobody was born knowing this stuff and we all need to start somewhere. You have nothing to be ashamed about. I am really sorry if my comment made you feel otherwise: yes, it's a bad idea to edit the /etc/environment file for something like this, but hey, I know that because I did what you did and broke my system 20 years ago. That's how we all learn! Commented Mar 6 at 19:16
  • But please answer my question about booting into a live system because that is your best bet to fix this. Commented Mar 6 at 19:17