Desk top missing

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- Ulin the Tech Mage <ulinthetechmage at hit-techs.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 07:41 -0700, Leonard
> Chatagnier wrote:
> > --- Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > > > --- Bill Taylor <th1bill at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Big Snip,
> > > > Maybe some kde users like Derek
> > > can
> > > > offer some help to us, hopefully. 
> > > 
> > > What I would probably end up doing is create a
> new
> > > *administrative* 
> > > user (so the new userid can sudo). Log in as the
> new
> > > user, copy the 
> > > previous user directory to the new user
> directory
> > > (like under a ~/temp 
> > > folder or ~/oldhome). Then use the utilities to
> > > delete the old user, and 
> > > recreate the old username as an administrative
> user
> > > and copy the old 
> > > data to the now recreated username.
> > > 
> > > It may not restore the data to the exact same
> state,
> > > but it may fix the 
> > > problem you're seeing. Using chown -R back to
> the
> > > proper ownership after 
> > > each step should give you access to your data.
> > > 
> > > That's one possible fix, though.
> > > 
> > Thanks Bart, for your reply and answer. I'm not
> sure
> > I'm up to the fairly complex task you provide. 
> But I
> > will keep your response in my Debian folder to use
> > whenever I get the courage to try it.  Thanks
> again
> > for you efforts,
> > 
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> > 
> 
> I don't use KDE but i don't think it should be that
> complicated.
> 
I'll let the list know the results when I try it.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net