> From: AG [mailto:computing.acco...@googlemail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:18 PM > > Due to something that got seriously borked on my wife's Lenny system, I > have decided that the best way to tackle this is to create a new > account > for her and transfer existing files over (excluding the KDE config > files > which is where the borkness seems to be). > > The reasons for doing this are because somehow one or more of the KDE > configuration files has resulted in a number of problems, such as > losing > desktop icons and removable media (e.g. an USB stick) triggering OOo > rather than opening the actual medium, and small but really irritating > things like that, which despite my best attempts to fix remain unfixed. > > When I create a new account to test these issues in, I cannot replicate > the problems, so am keen to transfer non-configuration files over (with > the exception of the applications she uses). > The approach that I was thinking of would be to burn the files and > directories (including her KMail and Evolution directories as well as > the IceWeasel bookmarks) onto a CD, delete her existing /home/<user > directory> and then add her as a new user again, and then transfer what > is on the CD back into the newly created account. > > Can anyone see any potential gotchas to this approach, or recommend a > more sophisticated way of accomplishing the same objective? > > TIA > > AG
>From another account, just rename her home directory to something else, then create an empty home directory. Then when she logs back in, all the configurations will be back at their defaults. Then just copy anything needed from the renamed directory back into her home directory. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
