Mike,
Thanks! I suspected something like that! (I shouldn't be
allowed near a computer without supervision ;-) I'll run those
checks now!
Bev
On 25 Apr 99, at 17:17, Mike wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, CompUTILIZE Services 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.
> >
> > can anybody give me a clue how to fix this?
> >
> 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.
>
> HTH.
>
> --
> Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> There's no such thing as a free lunch.
> -- Milton Friendman
>
>
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