Chuck MATTSEN wrote:
> Thunderbird is proving to be more challenging. I tried copying the mail
> dirs for safekeeping then a urpme followed by a urpmi, which gave me a
> functional copy of TB, albeit with a brand new, empty profile. Then
> tried moving some of the old mail dirs to the new profil
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 19:05 -0700, mike wrote:
> Chuck MATTSEN wrote:
> > Same with Firefox ... my bookmarks are still there, and my Google
> > toolbar is still there, but I've lost the ability to make profile
> > changes (it warns it couldn't write to the profile and any changes would
> > be lost
Chuck MATTSEN wrote:
> Not urgent, actually, as I'm planning on switching from Thunderbird back
> to Evolution, as it will sync with the Tungsten E I have on the way :-),
> but I /would/ like to be able to access the mail which I now seem to
> have no access to; same with Firefox -- I know I can cr
Op Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:12:45 -0600 schreef Chuck MATTSEN:
>> Specifically ownership of ~/.thunderbird and ~/.phoenix are
>interesting > in this respect.
>
>Nope, nothing amiss there, near as I can tell. User still owns. Hmmm.
I assume you also checked all the files within the tree(s).
Very weir
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 19:41 +0100, Paul wrote:
> You say you ran the programs as root at first go. Go and see if
> something in your home-dir has changed ownership from your ID to root.
> Perhaps that is where the mishap started?
>
> Specifically ownership of ~/.thunderbird and ~/.phoenix are inte
Op Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:32:55 -0600 schreef Chuck MATTSEN:
>Same with Firefox ... my bookmarks are still there, and my Google
>toolbar is still there, but I've lost the ability to make profile
>changes (it warns it couldn't write to the profile and any changes
>would be lost upon shutting down the
