On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Gene Zesch wrote:
> Thanks for your reply, Axalon. But after I su and have superuser powers
> shouldn't I be able to open the /root dir.?
That would depend on how you got there. If your su'd in a terminal, no you
wouldn't. If you've gone thru "Filemanager (SuperUser mode)" yes you
would. Actualy you'd have access to it "from" the terminal you were su'd
from, but not from kfm.
> -----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
> >>
> >>
> >
