Dolphin can't save bookmarks - Solved

Billie Walsh bilwalsh at swbell.net
Wed Nov 5 01:21:28 UTC 2008


Alan Dacey wrote:
> Billie Walsh wrote:
>   
>> On 11/04/2008 Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>     
>>>  2008/11/4 Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net>:
>>>  > > Probably just need to set the permissions for that file. Going to
>>>  look.
>>>  > > Yuppers. Says the file belongs to Root and I don't have
>>>  permission to do
>>>  > > squat with it. Just need to change owner  [ somehow - sudo chown
>>>  > > something or other I suppose ]. While I was in 8.10/4.1 Dolphin
>>>  didn't do it
>>>  > >
>>>
>>>  I wonder why that file was root. Just to clarify, what Kubuntu version
>>>  (and KDE version) is this, and was it an upgrade from a previous
>>>  version?
>>>
>>>  Can anybody confirm this issue?
>>>
>>>       
>> Ooops! I did forget to put that in. It's 8.04/3.5.10. I did upgrades 
>> from somewhere around 7.04 till 8.04. I don't think I ever had 6.x, but 
>> may have . I don't remember exactly when I started using Kubuntu. 8.10 
>> is my first fresh install since I started using Kubuntu.
>>
>> It seems like the issue started with the last round of KDE updates a 
>> couple weeks ago.
>>
>>     
>
> I had the same problem when I messed up using Dolphin as root.  Just do this:
>
> sudo chown <your user name> /home/<your user name>/.kde/share/apps/d3lphin/*
>
> Worked for me.
>
> Alan
>
>
>   
That did it. All fixed now. Thank you

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