I didn't have a VFAT partion abailable to me but looking over what you did told me what was going on the background. I deleted the ~/evolution directory and re-copied the original (root) to my home directory followed by using chown to modify the ownership:
chown -R myname * Which works now except the summary settings which is nothing to change. Thanks for the dirction. Ultimately the Ximian folks ought to fill the holes by providing a clean way for users to do this very common task. gor --- Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 23:29, Glen Roberts wrote: > > Most folks use the root account rather than > creating > > their own at one time or another when building a > Linux > > box. This causes problems when using apps like > Gnome, > > screensavers and Evolution. So, here I am trying > to > > bring my Evolutions 1.4 settings over to my > personal > > account and they're not working hence having to > resort > > to using Yahoo for email. > > > > Using su I've copied the evolution directory over > but > > it still does not use them. What gives? How can > one > > use existing Evolution settings even when the > program > > won't import it's OWN files? > > Here's a way I ended up working around this: > > After setting up my system and using it for a few > days as "root", I > copied the /root/evolution folder to a VFAT drive, > logged out/in as the > user I wanted (me, I reckon), got all my > settings/desktops/wm's the way > I wanted, then ran Evo again...without really > setting up any REAL > accounts, then killed Evo (killev) and deleted the > existing > ~/home/mynamegoeshere/evolution diretory and copied > the old one off the > VFAT partition where I wanted it, and ran Evo > again...voila! all my > account info was there, all my email was there... > > A bit roundabout, but it worked... > > -- > Thu Jun 26 23:35:00 EST 2003 > 23:35:00 up 1 day, 23:21, 2 users, load average: > 0.94, 1.01, 1.01 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > | __ __ |kuhn media australia > | > | /-oo /| |'-. > |http://kma.0catch.com | > | .\__/ || | | > |================================| > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn > | > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK > 9.1 & RH 7.3 > Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for > i586 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft > free computer * > > A friend of mine is into Voodoo Acupuncture. You > don't have to go. > You'll just be walking down the street and... > Ooohh, that's much better. > -- Steven Wright > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution ===== To send a message to my pager, put the word "pager" in the subject line. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
