loss of Preferences

[Nils Kassube]

Willis Taylor wrote:
> On rebooting I 
> get two messages each time;
> .. The first informs me that my Preferences cannot be saved because
> /home/<my log on>/kde/share/config/koonquerorrc is not writable.
> .. The second follows the same path up to /config/kickerrc and it has
> the same problem.
>
> I went to my home file and from there created kde/share/config and
> there created the two ending files and in permissions made them
> writable. Still, I have the problem.  Please, where did I go wrong?

I think you missed a "." in the path. The real path to the KDE directory 
is /home/<your log on>/.kde - please note the ".kde" instead of "kde" 
here. The reason for your problem might be that you have done some system 
configuration with sudo and a graphical editor like kate or with 
konqueror. Now the files mentioned in the error messages are owned by 
root and therefore not writeable for you. Change the ownership (of all 
files in your home directory) with this command in a terminal (konsole):

sudo chown -R <your log on>:<your log on> /home/<your log on>

Now, to prevent this happening again, you should do system configuration 
with kdesu instead of sudo unless you use command line programs.


Nils