I 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.
Then Mike responded:
> 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.
>
I was so convinced I'd done something as "root" that I
shouldn't have that I went ahead and reinstalled, but the
results are the same.
Currently, when I see the following as a result of "ls /home/bev
-la"
drwx------ bev bev .
drwxr-xr-x root root ..
-rw-r--r-- root root .directory
I changed "." to:
drwxrwxrwx bev bev .
but I still can't right to that directory as Bev. Other than
.directory, all other subdirectories and/or files in "/home/bev"
are owned by "bev bev".
i'm obviously missing *something* here. sorry to be such a
simpleton ;-(
Bev
