no desktop directory for newly created user and some other issues. OS : Debian Lenny 5.0.4 Desktop Environment : LXDE
I have the following issues and provide some suggestions for the below numbered list : issue 1 : no Desktop directory for newly created user : I have this issue earlier also while installing Debian on my machine. These are the following steps I took at the time of installation : [a] install base system [b] boot into the system and installed lxde. [c] boot into the system with lxde and unable to find directory folder. [d] installed GNOME desktop environment and the issue is solved. [e] purged almost every package related to GNOME. [f] at present using the system with LXDE desktop environment. if i open PCMan File Manager and in side pane the defaults are : usr home folder, Desktop and hard drive volume info. But the Desktop is missing in the new user and i am also not able to create any files in desktop folder. I have used the following command to create a new user : # adduser tmp provided passwd and details as requested by the command. shutdown the system with the command : # shutdown 0 booted and directly logged into new user "tmp" and the desktop folder is missing. i have observed at the time of creating new user and read the man page of adduser : adduser command depends on skel directory. *The skel directory permissions and contents : * -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 675 2008-05-13 00:32 .profile -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3116 2008-05-13 00:32 .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 220 2008-05-13 00:32 .bash_logout drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-06-06 17:50 . drwxr-xr-x 110 root root 4096 2010-08-05 12:10 .. *the ouput of .profile in skel folder :* Script started on Thursday 05 August 2010 12:53:52 PM IST ]0;vis...@vishnuvardhan: ~ vis...@vishnuvardhan:~$ cat /etc/skel/.profile # ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells. # This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login # exists. # see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples. # the files are located in the bash-doc package. # the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask # for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package. #umask 022 # if running bash if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then # include .bashrc if it exists if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then . "$HOME/.bashrc" fi fi # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" fi ]0;vis...@vishnuvardhan: ~ vis...@vishnuvardhan:~$ exit Script done on Thursday 05 August 2010 12:54:00 PM IST *the output of .bashrc in skel directory : * Script started on Thursday 05 August 2010 12:54:31 PM IST ]0;vis...@vishnuvardhan: ~ vis...@vishnuvardhan:~$ cat /etc/skel/.profile [K[K[K[K[K[K[K[Kbash rc # ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells. # see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc) # for examples # If not running interactively, don't do anything [ -z "$PS1" ] && return # don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options # don't overwrite GNU Midnight Commander's setting of `ignorespace'. export HISTCONTROL=$HISTCONTROL${HISTCONTROL+,}ignoredups # ... or force ignoredups and ignorespace export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth # append to the history file, don't overwrite it shopt -s histappend # for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1) # check the window size after each command and, if necessary, # update the values of LINES and COLUMNS. shopt -s checkwinsize # make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1) #[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)" # set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below) if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot) fi # set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color) case "$TERM" in xterm-color) color_prompt=yes;; esac # uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned # off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window # should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt #force_color_prompt=yes if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then # We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48 # (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such # a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.) color_prompt=yes else color_prompt= fi fi if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\...@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ ' else PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}...@\h:\w\$ ' fi unset color_prompt force_color_prompt # If this is an xterm set the title to u...@host:dir case "$TERM" in xterm*|rxvt*) PS1="\[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}...@\h: \w\a\]$PS1" ;; *) ;; esac # Alias definitions. # You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like # ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly. # See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package. #if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then # . ~/.bash_aliases #fi # enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then eval "`dircolors -b`" alias ls='ls --color=auto' #alias dir='dir --color=auto' #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto' #alias grep='grep --color=auto' #alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto' #alias egrep='egrep --color=auto' fi # some more ls aliases #alias ll='ls -l' #alias la='ls -A' #alias l='ls -CF' # enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable # this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile # sources /etc/bash.bashrc). if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then . /etc/bash_completion fi ]0;vis...@vishnuvardhan: ~ vis...@vishnuvardhan:~$ exit Script done on Thursday 05 August 2010 12:54:39 PM IST *the output of .bash_logout from skel folder :* # ~/.bash_logout: executed by bash(1) when login shell exits. # when leaving the console clear the screen to increase privacy if [ "$SHLVL" = 1 ]; then [ -x /usr/bin/clear_console ] && /usr/bin/clear_console -q fi the output of my installed packages [ the link is valid for one month ] : pastebin.com/2Y38Txmt *issue 2* : sometimes I am receiving the following error after booting into the system : Error: Unable to establish connection with FAM. Do you have "FAM" or "Gamin" installed and running? the screen would be blank and my panel is almost blank , e.g. time will not appear. recently i have found a solution. if i click PCMan File Manager icon on the panel everything is restored. Is any package is broken or not properly configured ? *issue 3* : at present i am using the following to completly remove the packages from the system : # aptitude purge --purge-unused is there any way better than the above to completly remove the packages from the system ? *issue 4* : how do i gracefully shutdown the system ? everytime i use the command it will ask for root password and to continue i will press Ctrl+D. is this good procedure ? at present i am using the following procedure : # shutdown 0 Alt+A & shutdown. *issue 5* : how do i find the packages with unmet dependencies ? *issue 6* : i have two users on my system. how do i restrict another user to use shutdown ? if you need further more info and please provide commands for retrieving the information. i don't know many commands. I don't have an active internet connection at present. Please reply to this thread only and i am subscribed to this mailing list. thank you, vishnuvardhan.