On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:11:20 -0400 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:29:17 +1300 > David got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: > > > Banging head against brick wall and muttering to self "It's in the > > permissions you &%$#* " > > Ya, like they say '99% of problems on Linux are problems with > permissions'. > That always bites me on the ass. > > I can beat that one hands down, tho. > > Spent 4 hours trying to diagnose a problem with my DVD-R drive. > Started gettin' > kinda funky, as time wore on if I just inserted a disc in the drive > the whole > system would lock solid. Googled kernel errors, tried to decipher > German > forums, you name it. > > Finally it got to the point where it wasn't even being detected by > the BIOS. > Was about to start going to look for a new drive, cursing LG, and > myself for > buying one. > > That's when it hit me. Check the cable. Cable was fine but...yep, the > power > connector was just slightly loose. That was it. > > Hardware first. Software second. Someone please drill that into my > head. > Good one Joe, but in the same vain as my original post can someone tell me why if I set permissions for OOo's ~/.OpenOffice.org2 to read 755 on boot up it opens in the desktop that's showing but when set to 775 OOo opens in its allocated desktop?? E.David I.Taylor, Taranaki, New Zealand 'the place to be; beneath the Mountain, beside the Sea' ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: RLU #389384 - http://counter.li.org ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: using a Linux/Open Source computer featuring Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.12-27mdk 08:51:47 up 14 min, 1 user, load average: 1.01, 1.08, 0.75 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
