On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 01:49, Jay Daniels wrote: > On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 10:21:43AM -0400, Clint Harshaw wrote: > > Clint Harshaw wrote: > > >I may have fixed the problem. I removed Abiword via yum, and reinstalled > > >it, and it seems to be behaving as it should now. > > > > > >Clint > > Nope -- I spoke too soon, but have additional information that may be > > helpful. I tried running Abiword immediately after the yum install (and > > I happened to be root), and it ran fine. When I try to start it as a > > non-root user, it fails with the output I posted earlier. > > > > Clint > > Maybe something in that normal users ~/ > > Not sure about abiword, but most apps create a directory under home to > store files, configs, and user data. chk file permissions and > ownership these files. > > > jay I have also messed up or destroyed startup files playing with my system. I have found a neat "hack" to reinitialize these files. 1) Add a new user and start the program(s) in question as that user in their home directory.-- 2) Find and copy these startup files into your home directory. 3) As stated above, change all ownerships a groups accordingly, actually permissions won't need to change. jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
