[kde-linux] kde-linux Digest, Vol 38, Issue 20

Fri May 19 13:00:55 UTC 2006

Hey there,

Check that the UID and GID of the old /home/dad is the same as your current
dad.

-scoon

On 5/19/06, kde-linux-request at kde.org <kde-linux-request at kde.org> wrote:
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>    1. KDE crippled for certain user (Bill Dika)
>    2. Re: KDE crippled for certain user (Werner Joss)
>    3. Re: KDE crippled for certain user (Bill Dika)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 06:50:41 -0400
> From: "Bill Dika" <bdika at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [kde-linux] KDE crippled for certain user
> To: kde-linux at kde.org
> Message-ID: <BAY111-F206753E246C021C1E09E4DAAA60 at phx.gbl>
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> I recently installed Gentoo 2006 and emerged kdebase and kdeadmin. When I
> installed Gentoo, I kept my /home partition from my previous installation
> (Kubuntu). The user from my /home partition was 'dad'. Now when I log into
> KDE as dad, only the Actions items (Log Out, Lock Session,Run Command,
> Quick
> Browser and Bookmarks) show up on the start menu and one menu item in
> Applications (which does nothing when I click on it). I created another
> user
> 'dad2' and the full menu shows up (Actions items, and under Applications:
> Editors, Internet, Multimedia etc). I deleted the ~.kde directories in dad
> and restarted KDE but no luck.
>
> I am relatively certain that this is related to the fact that user 'dad''s
> /home was already on the system when I installed Gentoo because as
> mentioned
> above, adding a new user seems to bring up a fully functioning KDE. I am
> relatively confident that the permissions on the relevant KDE directories
> are set properly (everyone can read). Is this a configuration file
> problem?
> If it is, which configuration file and how do I go about fixig it. It
> seems
> like KDE is getting limited information about user 'dad' when it starts up
> and results in a crippled desktop for user dad.
>
> I would truly appreciate any help anyone could give me, or any directions
> that you could point me to.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Dika
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 13:12:16 +0200
> From: Werner Joss <werner at hoernerfranzracing.de>
> Subject: Re: [kde-linux] KDE crippled for certain user
> To: kde-linux at kde.org
> Message-ID: <200605181312.22531.werner at hoernerfranzracing.de>
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> Am Donnerstag, 18. Mai 2006 12:50 schrieb Bill Dika:
> > I would truly appreciate any help anyone could give me, or any
> directions
> > that you could point me to.
>
> try running kbuildsycoca as user dad from konsole
> (kbuildsycoca --help will show available options).
> HTH
>
> werner
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 18:36:51 -0400
> From: "Bill Dika" <bdika at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kde-linux] KDE crippled for certain user
> To: kde-linux at kde.org
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> Hi Werner:
>
> Thanks for responding to my post.
>
> I tried
>
> "kbuildsyscoca "
>
> and got the following messages
> quote
> kbuildsycoca running...
>
> Reusing existing ksycoca
>
> kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kcertpart.desktop' specifies undefined
> mimetype/servicetype 'application/binary-certificate'
>
> kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined
> mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-fortran'
>
> kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'knotify.desktop' specifies undefined
> mimetype/servicetype 'KNotify'
> quote
>
> and then it exits to the shell prompt.
>
> I tried running
>
> kbuildsycoca --global
>
> and got the following messages:
>
> quote
> trying to create local folder /usr/share/config: Permission denied
>
> Configuration file "usr/share/config/kbuuildsycocarc" not writable
> Configuration file "usr/share/config/kdeglobals" not writable
> Please contact your system administrator
> quote
>
> Does local folder in the above message refer to my Home directory? I
> checked
> my /usr/share directory and there is no config directory in it. Should I
> make the /usr/share directory writable by users other than root? Also I
> have
> no /usr/share directory in my Home directory. Should I run 'kbuildsycoca
> --global as root or am I supposed to run it as a regular user?
>
> Hope you can help me make sense of this Werner.
>
> Thanks.
>
> p.s. I hope I responded correctly to your post. This is my first time
> responding to a mailing list post.
>
> Regards
> Bill Dika
>
>
> >From: Werner Joss <werner at hoernerfranzracing.de>
> >Reply-To: For people using KDE on Linux with related questions/problems
> ><kde-linux at kde.org>
> >To: kde-linux at kde.org
> >Subject: Re: [kde-linux] KDE crippled for certain user
> >Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 13:12:16 +0200
> >
> >Am Donnerstag, 18. Mai 2006 12:50 schrieb Bill Dika:
> > > I would truly appreciate any help anyone could give me, or any
> >directions
> > > that you could point me to.
> >
> >try running kbuildsycoca as user dad from konsole
> >(kbuildsycoca --help will show available options).
> >HTH
> >
> >werner
>
>
> ><< attach4 >>
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