On Friday 01 October 2010 09:43:43 Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 01. 10. 2010 09:17:41 je Camaleón napisal(a): > > > > Years ago, when I was using KDE3, cleaning the KDE user temp. > > > > folder helped a > > > > > > lot for solving this kind of (weird) problems... > > > > > > Worth a try. Thanks. I'll report back. > > Well, years ago, when I was using KDE3, a gentle soul advised me to > rename my '~' dir, deluser my_user_name, adduser my_user_name, and then > copy the important directories, one by one, from the backed up '~' over > to the new '~' . > > You should make sure that the adduser command assigns the new user the > same UID as the deleted user; that way, the new '~' and the backed-up > '~' will have the same ownership. > > By logging out and in again after each copied directory, and testing > out the issue, I was able to pinpoint exactly which directory was the > culprit. I can't recall anymore what the problem was, and the procedure > admittedly is a bit tiresome, but it definitely worked for me. > > I just hope the MTA doesn't change all the above '~' instances into > smilies ...
Thanks, Klistvud. I ought to have thought of that! I shall definitely try it. But I am somewhat behind having been unable to use my main desktop for several days now. (This list has been spared the hardware issues I was having!) Having made my user usable (I installed a second DE - xfce) I shall temporarily shelve the problem while I catch up. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201010011057.37580.lisi.re...@gmail.com
