On Tue, November 24, 2009 15:22, Jeremy wrote: > concepts wrote: >> The reason I got myself into the mess is quite simple! I wanted to place >> some >> scripts-fu in the proper folder for GIMP. As a user, I JUST COULDN'T !!! And >> that pissed me off to no end... Soooooooooooooooooooooooo, I gave root >> priviliges to that user for the /usr folder ONLY. Then the problems started. >> And I'm most probably going to have to re-install Xubuntu (old machine) >> because there is now only 2,4Gb left on the hard-drive! Poof! All the free >> space has disappeared in bitland! >> As I've said earlier, if you need a tester, I'm available. I get these weird >> ideas and needs sometimes... >> >> André. > I guess the best thing I can say is that you will essentially never have > to place any files anywhere outside /home/you unless you know what you > are doing, and know just why you are doing it. In any case where you do > need to (and if it is config stuff, double check, you probably do not), > use sudo to temporarily make yourself root-like. I think you probably > know now, but the correct place for scripts in GIMP seems to be > /home/$USER/.gimp-2.6/scripts/ . > > No irreparable damage done, and you will probably think twice about > users and permissions when things don't work. Maybe a good way to think > of it is, don't change files or folders to match your user when working > outside your home folder, change your identity/permissions with sudo or > su instead. > > You can go to Applications>Accessories>Disk Space Analyzer and try and > see where your space went. If that program is not installed you can > install it, it is called baobab, very nice little GUI disk space thing. > > Jeremy > _______________________________________________
That would be nice, IF it were so. Things aren't in the same place in Xubuntu!!! Why pray tell? I've no idea, but they are not. There is NO disk analyser and the scripts for GIMP are NOT in the same place... :-( André. -- Omnia quaecumque vultis ut faciant vobis homines et vos facite illis (Mt.: 7,12) _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
