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#1 2011-01-29 02:26:27
- caskale13c
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[SOLVED] KDE 4.6 can't create user-places.xbel file
Lately I have been having an issue when I log in to KDE 4.6 for the first time on a user account. A window pops up with the following error:
"Unable to save bookmarks in /home/troy/.local/share//user-places.xbel. Reported error was: Insufficient permissions in target directory.. This error message will only be shown once. The cause of the error needs to be fixed as quickly as possible, which is most likely a full hard drive."
The drive has over 14GB of free space so the suggestion of a full drive seems unlikely.
The permissions of the directories are:
~/.local 700 (drwx------)
~/.local/share 700 (drwx------)
I am listed as the owner of the directories so it would seem that I have appropriate permissions.
When KDE finishes its startup, I can verify that user-places.xbel does not exist. However, when I log off, the files does get created and all seems well. I have discovered that if I create ~/.local/share (with the same permissions) before logging on, then the file gets created and the error never pops up.
So, does anyone have any idea why I would be getting this error and how I could make it stop?
thanks
Last edited by caskale13c (2011-02-04 23:18:06)
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#2 2011-02-03 23:15:05
- caskale13c
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Re: [SOLVED] KDE 4.6 can't create user-places.xbel file
Just one bump to see if anyone might have any ideas
cheers,
troy
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#3 2011-02-04 07:08:07
- panosk
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Re: [SOLVED] KDE 4.6 can't create user-places.xbel file
You should probably change the directory permissions to 755.
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#4 2011-02-04 09:43:48
- JokerBoy
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Re: [SOLVED] KDE 4.6 can't create user-places.xbel file
You don't have to change anything. It's something normal.. If you are using bluedevil for example, he's trying to modify user-places.xbel but it gives you that error 'cause the file or folder isn't created already..
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#5 2011-02-04 23:17:05
- caskale13c
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Re: [SOLVED] KDE 4.6 can't create user-places.xbel file
You don't have to change anything. It's something normal.. If you are using bluedevil for example, he's trying to modify user-places.xbel but it gives you that error 'cause the file or folder isn't created already..
Perfect, I figured it must be something like that. My next test will be without bluedevil to see if the error goes away. Thanks for the assist.
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#6 2011-04-05 14:49:02
- danielgrosvenor
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Re: [SOLVED] KDE 4.6 can't create user-places.xbel file
Hi there
I'm fairly new to Linux (and brand new to KDE). I've just installed Linux Mint KDE Edition on my laptop, and upon boot I'm getting this error.
I don't fully understand everything that's been said in this thread -- what exactly should I do to fix this bootup error?
Many thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
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#7 2011-04-05 16:15:19
- Inxsible
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Re: [SOLVED] KDE 4.6 can't create user-places.xbel file
danielgrosvenor, this as you can see is not the Linux Mint forums. You are better off asking questions on the Mint forums. They might be better able to help you as Arch differs from Debian based distros significantly.
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