Re: skolelinux bug: KDE can't log in, $HOME not writable
On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 12:33 +0200, Finn-Arne Johansen wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 09:35:27PM -0700, Karl Hegbloom wrote:
> > I just installed skolelinux 1.0 in a VMware to try it, and selected the
> > standalone profile. When I try to log into the user account created
> > during installation, KDE prints a dialog saying that it can't log me in
> > since $HOME is not writeable.
>
> That is really strange, since the standalone profile does not use a
> separate $HOME. The standalon profile uses _only_ one /
> (root-partition) and one swap partition. You may add your own /home if
> you like, but that is an option.
By $HOME, I'm sure it means "~karlheg/". The KDE dialog with the error
message says "$HOME".
> > I'd call that a grave bug. Where should it be filed?
>
> Yes it would be a grave bug, but I would ask you to look things over, and
> see if there is something else that may cause your problem.
>
I would assume that it's a bug in either adduser or base-config.
Perhaps a newer adduser fixes some kind of problem?
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