2013/8/20 dww <[email protected]>

>
> Hello
>
> On my desktop machine which had the Beta, I reset the repository urls
> and everything was fine.
>
> On my laptop which had 2.3, I installed from DVD.  The installation went
> fine through the Gnome log-in screen. I did not reformat my home
> partition.  Upon logging in I got the following error:
>
> "Could not update ICEauthority file /home/[username]/.ICEauthority"
>
> I dismissed this and the Gnome desktop appeared with all the Desktop
> item icons, however none of the bars along the edges appeared.  Doing
> any kind of operation produced error messages to the effect that I did
> not have permission to update gconf.
>
> I figured that all the files in the home directory and subdirectories
> had the same username as before but a user id number from 2.3 but 3.0
> had assigned a different user id number.
>
> I rebooted into recovery mode and from the root command prompt:
>
> chown -R [username] /home/[username]/
>
> After this the full Gnome desktop appeared correctly after rebooting and
> logging in.
>
> Was my reasoning as to cause of the problem correct?  Is this a problem
> that has occurred before and should it be in the documentation?
>

Hi, Dennis.

I haven't found this in the documentation. But just for your information,
gNewSense 3 documentation about upgrading (which needs revision) is in:

http://www.gnewsense.org/Documentation/3/InstallationManual/Upgrading

And the problems and solutions about gNewSense 3 can be found at:

http://www.gnewsense.org/Documentation/3/ProblemsAndSolutions

I'll keep a record of this message to see if I can document it. Currently, I
don't have the time, so if anyone else can do it, that willl be great.

-- 
Felipe Lopez
http://sirgazil.info/
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