Thanks for your reply, Axalon. But after I su and have superuser powers
shouldn't I be able to open the /root dir.?
-----Original Message-----
From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: linuxlist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE expert needed
>On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Gene Zesch wrote:
>
>>
>> My machine was turned off by accident, causing lots of file damage, and
was
>> unbootable. I managed to start it with the rescue boot disk and mounted
and
>> fsck'ed /hda1.
>> It now starts, but if I log in as root there are no icons on the desktop,
>> and the panel buttons dont work.
>> If I log on as a user everything looks normal.
>
>cp -r /etc/skel/.kde ~/
>
>
>> A related symptom... if I su then open KFM the root directory icon and 2
of the 3 /home/xxx user directories icons have a belt and buckle around
them, and KFM says it cannot list directory contents.
>
>Nothing wrong there you don't have permission to the dir this is how kfm
>shows it as locked.
>
>> Anyone help me before I reinstall?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gene
>>
>>
>
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> --Axalon
>
