[Sussex] SuSE 9.3 - post intsall snag

[John D.]

Colin Tuckley wrote:

>John D. wrote:
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>>Still haven't worked out what the /.ICEauthority file is/does, but
>>deleting it has got me back in.
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>Deleting it is a bit extreme actually, all you need to do is change it's
>ownership back to your own username from root with the chown command.
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>After a quick Google search it seems that this file is to do with file
>locking and it seems to get it's ownership changed to root when you run an
>application as root rather than as your own user. The cause seems to be a
>bug in one of the libraries somewhere.
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I did wonder if it might have been something simple like that.

Though I'm also quite happy to admit that not being a natural problem 
solver, and very impatient, doesn't help my cause! Especially if the 
problem is distro related/caused by myself in choosing poorly during 
install.

I expect to have snags, if I'm installing something like Gentoo, because 
it has the reputation of needing greater general linux knowledge, though 
this SuSE is supposed to be "easy", much like Mandriva/Mandrake. It 
certainly doesn't feel like that, although lack of familiarity is a fair 
part of the equation. Things just don't seem to be in quite such obvious 
places and some of the terminology differs enough to exacerbate the 
unfamiliarity.

Which currently means that post install "tidying up" etc, isn't going as 
smoothly as I've previously experienced with either mandriva or gentoo!

I still don't follow some of what most on the list would consider basic 
stuff! e.g. if I have graphics problems, sure, I need to check 
/var/log/xorg.0.log, but don't know where else too look for other 
possible problems/answers (like I've installed Opera, but if I click on 
the icon it appears to be starting, but the the button/hourglass just 
disappear and I can't locate where too look to see why this should be).

Right, enough moaning. I suppose I better see if I can find some install 
instructions for firefox and thunderbird!

regards

John D.