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frewsxcv

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Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 6

Applications using root config rather than non-root config folder

If I run vlc I get an error that looks like this:

main libvlc error: cannot open config file (/root/.config/vlc/vlcrc): Permission denied

and if I run chromium I get this:

Check failed: PathService::Get(chrom::DIR_USER_DATA, &user_data_dir). Must be able to get user data directory!

I know I am logged in as my non-root user and my home directory is set at the correct location (/home/nonRootUsernameHere/)

Xiong Chiamiov

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From: central coast, california

Registered: 2008-06-18

Posts: 142

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Re: Applications using root config rather than non-root config folder

For reference, this is a newish install, $HOME returns the expected result, he is all Syu-ed, and he tried purging config files and reinstalling one of them.

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pointone

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From: Waterloo, ON

Registered: 2008-02-21

Posts: 379

Re: Applications using root config rather than non-root config folder

What's the value of your XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable?

echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME

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frewsxcv

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Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 6

Re: Applications using root config rather than non-root config folder

What's the value of your XDG_CONFIG_HOME variable?

echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME

/home/frewsxcv//.config

frewsxcv = non root user

Mardoct

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Registered: 2009-08-17

Posts: 208

Re: Applications using root config rather than non-root config folder

I had this problem when I had 'ck-launch-seesion' in my xinitrc. Everything went all right after I took it out, started X, closed X, added it again and started X up again.

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frewsxcv

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Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 6

Re: Applications using root config rather than non-root config folder

I had this problem when I had 'ck-launch-seesion' in my xinitrc. Everything went all right after I took it out, started X, closed X, added it again and started X up again.

the only two lines i have in xinitrc:

#!/bin/sh
exec fluxbox