Bob....I don't understand, how can you have changed the
ownership of a file on bob's desktop that never got copied to
bob's Desktop? What does "No Joy/???" mean?
If you do an 'su -' you should end up in /root. If you are in
root and there is an icon made the way I instructed on root's
Desktop then there must be a ./Desktop/Netscape.kdelnk
file!!!! You can't get a "No such file" error. Is it there
or is it not there?
Alan
Bob wrote:
>
> entering: cp ./Desktop/Netscape.kdelnk /home/Bob/Desktop returns an error
> message. No such file. Also made sure of su - . Have continued to Utility/Su
> etc. as instructed, changing owner ship from root to Bob,(both places), closing
> the window, and refreshing the Desktop. No Joy/???
>
> On Sun, 14 May 2000, you wrote:
> > Bob....I've heard of that happening before, though I don't
> > know why, but there is a workaround.
> >
> > Let's say that the new icon on root's Desktop is named
> > Program.kdelnk and that you're logged in as bob and are in the
> > KDE gui. Open Konsole (on the Panel) and su - (don't forget
> > the 'space dash' after su) to the root account. Then type:
> >
> > cp ./Desktop/Program.kdelnk /home/bob/Desktop/
> >
> > and close the Konsole. Open KFM [filemanager (as superuser)]
> > in the Utilities Menu. Navigate to bob's desktop and
> > right-click on Program.kdelnk. Choose the Permissions tab and
> > change the ownership of both Owner and Group to bob. Close
> > the KFM window and the new icon on bob's desktop should now
> > work (if it hasn't yet appeared then right-click the desktop
> > and choose Refresh Desktop).
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> > Bob wrote:
> > >
> > > Alan,
> > > I did that and it worked just great in my /root directory. I am
> > > attempting to do the same in /Bob, however as I right click on the desttop and
> > > then New, all I get is a popup, named "folder"??
> > > On Sun, 14 May 2000, you wrote:
> > > > Bob....instead of dragging the netscape shell script icon onto
> > > > the desktop and choosing link do this:
> > > >
> > > > 1) right-click the desktop.
> > > > 2) choose New
> > > > 3) choose Application
> > > > 4) name it what you want , but leave the kdelnk part after the
> > > > dot alone.
> > > > 5) choose the Execute tab
> > > > 6) put /usr/bin/netscape in the upper (not the lower one)
> > > > Execute field.
> > > > 7) choose the ok button
> > > >
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Bob wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul,
> > > > > Found out and dragged the black screen on to my USER disktop,
>created a
> > > > > link, but am unable to change the icon to Netscape. Now I have two screens
>one
> > > > > for xrpm and one for the big "N"????? Oh, in my /root :) I have the link on
> > > > > the desktop, and the icon is the Netscape wheel.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, 14 May 2000, you wrote:
> > > > > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, Eunice Thompson wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >Soooo, Anthony is there a way to install an icon for Netscape6 to my
> > > > > > >desktop in Mandrake 7.1??
> > > > > > >Eunice
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Never a simpler thing... Open KDE explorer or a KFM client, locate the
> > > > > > Netscape binary that runs netscape, drag it to the desktop. Select 'link'
> > > > > > when asked what you want to do with the file (Copy, move, link)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Paul
