jaklumen
October 20th, 2008, 05:31 AM
I got the $HOME/.dmrc file is being ignored error at the login screen when I upgraded to Intrepid.
I followed these instructions at this site here (http://mihirknows.blogspot.com/2008/06/homedmrc-file-is-being-ignored-solved.html)
(I replaced 'xx' with my username as indicated):
sudo chmod 644 /home/xx/.dmrc
sudo chown xx/home/xx/.dmrc
sudo chmod -R 700 /home/xx
sudo chown -R xx/home/xx
The first three commands worked without a hitch, but got the following error
chown: missing operand after `jaklumen/home/jaklumen'
on the fourth.
I cannot access Home folders from the "Places" menu on the taskbar, but only if I click on a mounted secondary drive on the Desktop. I'm fairly certain if I could properly execute chown on the fourth command, it would fix it, but I'm really not a coder and I don't really know how to do it.
Any help would sure be appreciated. When I was out in the Google jungle looking for solutions, so to speak, it seemed the .dmrc error was pretty common when upgrading. The Blogger post I linked to seemed to have the most complete solution, but I couldn't get it all to work.
I followed these instructions at this site here (http://mihirknows.blogspot.com/2008/06/homedmrc-file-is-being-ignored-solved.html)
(I replaced 'xx' with my username as indicated):
sudo chmod 644 /home/xx/.dmrc
sudo chown xx/home/xx/.dmrc
sudo chmod -R 700 /home/xx
sudo chown -R xx/home/xx
The first three commands worked without a hitch, but got the following error
chown: missing operand after `jaklumen/home/jaklumen'
on the fourth.
I cannot access Home folders from the "Places" menu on the taskbar, but only if I click on a mounted secondary drive on the Desktop. I'm fairly certain if I could properly execute chown on the fourth command, it would fix it, but I'm really not a coder and I don't really know how to do it.
Any help would sure be appreciated. When I was out in the Google jungle looking for solutions, so to speak, it seemed the .dmrc error was pretty common when upgrading. The Blogger post I linked to seemed to have the most complete solution, but I couldn't get it all to work.