On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, CompUTILIZE Services wrote:
> anyway, when I logon as "bev" and do startx, i get the KFM
> error: could not create ~/.kde/share/apps/kfm/magic
>
> then i get a blank desktop (well it's got the toolbar at the
> bottom) and if i try to run anything (at least anything i've tried),
> nothing happens.
>
> can anybody give me a clue how to fix this?
>
At a guess you have got wierd permissions and/or ownership on bev's home
directory.
ls -al /home/bev and check that everything is owned by bev - if it isn't
use chown to change it. Also check that bev can write to /home/bev/ - use
chmod to fix it if not.
HTH.
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Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
-- Milton Friendman