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# Linux Debugging

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## Background Service Disconnected

### Troubleshooting Background Service Disconnection

If you encounter issues with the background service disconnecting, follow these troubleshooting steps:

1. **Reboot Your Computer**:
   * Sometimes the Distribute AI Daemon service has problems after large system modifications, you can try rebooting your computer to check if this problem resolves itself
2. **Verify Service Status**:
   * Open a terminal and type `sudo systemctl status distributeai.service`, if systemd reports the status could not be found, try reinstalling Distribute AI using the steps below
   * Ensure that the Distribute AI Daemon service is running. If the previous command doesn't report the service as `active (running)`, try running the command `sudo systemctl restart distributeai.service` to start it. If that doesn't work, try reinstalling Distribute AI using the steps below

### Reinstalling

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In order to get a completely clean reinstall, it's recommended to do the following steps:

1. Run `sudo systemctl disable --now distributeai.service` in a terminal
2. Run `sudo systemctl stop distributeai.service` in a terminal
3. Run `sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/distributeai.service` in a terminal
4. Run `sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/distribute.ai` in a terminal
5. Restart your machine
6. Navigate to <https://dashboard.distribute.ai/provider/downloads> to download and install the latest version


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