Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission!

2006-11-08 Thread Andy
It is possible that you managed to change the owner of the file, though unlikely. Can you type: ls -dl ~/Desktop observe the output drwxr-xr-x 8 [owner] [group] 4096 2006-11-08 15:24 /home/**/Desktop/ Owner and Group should normally be your user name. If owner is wrong type: sudo chown [you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission!

2006-11-08 Thread Leon Barker
On 08/11/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok i typed this : > > chmod 755 ~/Desktop > > ...nope it still didnt work!!! It would be more useful for you to post the error output. Leon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission!

2006-11-08 Thread STONE COLD
ok i typed this : chmod 755 ~/Desktop ...nope it still didnt work!!! > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 21:06:31 + > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission! > > On 08/11/06,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission!

2006-11-08 Thread Matthew Saunders
On 08/11/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > just tried this...unfortunately it didnt work!! Take off the -r and it should be okay. Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission!

2006-11-08 Thread STONE COLD
just tried this...unfortunately it didnt work!! > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 20:56:52 + > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission! > > On 08/11/06, STONE COLD <[EM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission!

2006-11-08 Thread STONE COLD
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission! > > STONE COLD wrote: > > hi > > > > In my quest to change the permissions of my media (which i havnt been able > > to do so far. :( ) i have somehow manage to change the permission for > > desktop.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission!

2006-11-08 Thread Leon Barker
On 08/11/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > > In my quest to change the permissions of my media (which i havnt been able > to do so far. :( ) i have somehow manage to change the permission for > desktop. so now it will no longer save anything to my desktop. > > Anyone know how i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission!

2006-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
STONE COLD wrote: > hi > > In my quest to change the permissions of my media (which i havnt been able > to do so far. :( ) i have somehow manage to change the permission for > desktop. so now it will no longer save anything to my desktop. > > Anyone know how i can fix this?? > > Open a te

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission!

2006-11-08 Thread Matthew Saunders
On 08/11/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my quest to change the permissions of my media (which i havnt been able > to do so far. :( ) i have somehow manage to change the permission for > desktop. so now it will no longer save anything to my desktop. Open a Terminal window, and

[ubuntu-uk] Desktop permission!

2006-11-08 Thread STONE COLD
hi In my quest to change the permissions of my media (which i havnt been able to do so far. :( ) i have somehow manage to change the permission for desktop. so now it will no longer save anything to my desktop. Anyone know how i can fix this?? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://list