Urgent advise needed. Only guest profile accesible, my own profile not.

[Bas Roufs]

> Can you interrupt the boot process, and get into a console? If so, mv
~/.kde ~/.kde.old and try booting up again.

In the mean time, this page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode made clear
to me how to come into the recovery mode. It is simply a matter of holding
the shift key when loading the bios menu is nearly finished. But now I come
into the next problem. When trying to move .kde to .kde-old, I get the
following message:

Cannot move 'root/.kde' to 'root/.kde-old': Read-only file system.

What to do next? Do I need tot change permissions somehow?



2013/9/30 Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com>

> That seems like putting the cart before the horse. First, can you log in
> as a new user? If so, and your old user account is still stuffed, then you
> probably have a corrupted config file somewhere. Reinstalling won't fix
> that.
>
> Can you interrupt the boot process, and get into a console? If so, mv
> ~/.kde ~/.kde.old and try booting up again.
>
> If all is well, you can try moving parts from .kde.old into your newly
> created .kde file. Soon you should be back in business. Keep track of what
> you are moving, and as soon as you encounter problems, you'll know what bit
> was messed up.
>
> Be sure to tell us how you get on.
>
> All the best,
>
> Valorie
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to save my data via the Kubuntu 13.04 installation DVD
>> together with an external HD? If so, I consider to alltogether reinstall
>> the system after saving the data. My last backup is from 1 week ago.
>>
>>
>> 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
>>
>>> I am wondering whether there is a way to UNinstall Firefox temporalily -
>>> because that program has caused the troubles.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> Until a few versions ago, I would have troubleshooted via a terminal
>>>> that I could open as superuser in the startup menu. But now, - Kubuntu
>>>> 13.04- I do not see this terminal any more. At the laptop, there is just
>>>> Kubuntu 13.04, not any other system.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Everybody,
>>>>>
>>>>> something went terribly wrong, because of which I do not manage any
>>>>> more to access my own user profile. Reason: at some moment after starting
>>>>> up the system, the system freezes - probably because of a problem caused by
>>>>> Firefox. Several times, I have tried to access my profile, but it gets
>>>>> stuck every time now. Please, help - urgent advise needed.
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>  Bas.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Bas G. Roufs
>>>>>
>>>>> Utrecht, NL, E. BasRoufs at gmail.com; Mob. +31 6 446 835 10;
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Bas G. Roufs
>>>>
>>>> Utrecht, NL, E. BasRoufs at gmail.com; Mob. +31 6 446 835 10;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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