Thanks so much, but it didn't help. I suspect that I *am* down
to the 5% of disk space that only root can use (as you
suggested). I've got a spare drive that's bigger but it's from a
laptop. I'll get the cable to install it in my desktop, get Linux
up and running again ... and I think that'll solve the problem. :-
) If not, you'll surely be hearing. ;-)
But, *is* there a command to check available disk space? So
far I haven't found one.
Bev
On 26 Apr 99, at 1:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I favor the shotgun approach, so I would just have root do:
>
> chown -R bev.bev /home/bev
>
> but if root is fastidious, she may prefer:
>
> chown bev.bev /home/bev/.directory
>
> man chown will tell you what I am up to. :-)
>
> Lawson
> >< Microsoft free environment
>
> This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
>
>
> On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, CompUTILIZE Services wrote:
>
> > I 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.
> >
> > Then Mike responded:
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > I was so convinced I'd done something as "root" that I
> > shouldn't have that I went ahead and reinstalled, but the
> > results are the same.
> >
> > Currently, when I see the following as a result of "ls /home/bev
> > -la"
> >
> > drwx------ bev bev .
> > drwxr-xr-x root root ..
> > -rw-r--r-- root root .directory
> >
> > I changed "." to:
> > drwxrwxrwx bev bev .
> >
> > but I still can't right to that directory as Bev. Other than
> > .directory, all other subdirectories and/or files in "/home/bev"
> > are owned by "bev bev".
> >
> > i'm obviously missing *something* here. sorry to be such a
> > simpleton ;-(
> >
> > Bev
> >
>
>
>
>
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