XFCE Desktop as normal user

[windcheetah]

Hi, just tried logging in again, but still no joy.

Here is the result if ls -alR for .config/xfce4 with me as root:

.config/xfce4:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 .
drwxr-xr-x 29 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 xfconf

.config/xfce4/xfconf:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 ..
drwx------ 2 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 xfce-perchannel-xml

.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml:
total 8
drwx------ 2 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 ..

I hope this tells you what you need to know.

Which of the pastebin log files helped???

Thanks loads
Martin

[cwright80]

i distro hop alot, and have a separate home partition. before i do a fresh install, i mount my home partition and in root term i run "rm -r .*" this removes all hidden folders, but keeps music, downloads, videos.......so on. that way i keep my files, but i start fresh. just be sure the . and the * are in the right place or you will remove all files on drive. im sure there is a better way, but that is how i do it.

[windcheetah]

Thanks for the info, but you've got to be brave.... rm -r .* a bit of a mess if you get it wrong, like you say....

But, as far as I know, (not very far), it won't change the permissions on the directories, which seems to be the source of the problem.

I'll see if I can borrow a hard drive to back up /home and then go for a complete fresh install........unless someone can tell me what is wrong with the below, and what they should be.

martin

Hi, just tried logging in again, but still no joy.

Here is the result if ls -alR for .config/xfce4 with me as root:

.config/xfce4:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 .
drwxr-xr-x 29 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 xfconf

.config/xfce4/xfconf:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 ..
drwx------ 2 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 xfce-perchannel-xml

.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml:
total 8
drwx------ 2 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 martin martin 4096 May 11 16:46 ..

I hope this tells you what you need to know.

Which of the pastebin log files helped???

Thanks loads
Martin

[windcheetah]

Right, disk borrowed and backing up with

tar cvf <path to external drive>home.tar /home

or some thing along those lines.

When it is done, I'll format the laptop complety and create / - about 20Gb swap - about 3Gb and the rest, about 97Gb, for /home

If any one has a better idea, please let me know. I won't be doing it tonight (here in the UK) but tomorrow.

Thanks loads
Martin

[windcheetah]

OK Job done. After reinstall, all works well, thanks loads to all of you.

Then, restore /home, yes you've guessed it, back where we started.

So new plan, reinstall and see what the permisions are on /home and /martin, then do a restore, and see if I can make the permissions the same.

Martin