Error on reboot after setting up VNC

[Wade Smart]

NoOp wrote:
> On 02/27/2008 07:57 PM, Wade Smart wrote:
>> 02272008 2151 GMT-6
>>
>> I have just been posting about trying to use VNC on this computer and 
>> now I have a error message on my screen when I reboot:
>>
>> "User's $HOME /.dmrc file is being ignored. This prevents the default 
>> session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and 
>> have 644 permissions. Users $HOME directory must be owned by user and 
>> not writable by other users."
>>
>> I get this right after I put in the password and hit enter.
>>
>>
>> I just looked and I cant find a hidden dmrc file so I ran a search and I 
>> cant find it through a search either.
>>
>> Wade
>>
> 
> Ah, I remember that one. Happened to me once as well. This is what
> finally helped me sort it out:
> 
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/7296
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ubuntu+%2B.dmrc+file+is+being+ignored
> 
> BTW: I can't recall what happened or why it occured. But I did manage to
> get it sorted out by changing the permissions *and* the chown back. What
> do you see for:
> 
> ls -l .dmrc
> 
> On this machine I get:
> ls -l .dmrc
> -rw------- 1 ggx ggx 67 2008-02-27 17:06 .dmrc
> 
> 
02282008 0738 GMT-6

For
wadesmart at wadesmart:~$ ls -l .dmrc
-rw------- 1 wadesmart wadesmart 26 2007-04-25 10:39 .dmrc