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DarkSpiritAK47

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From: Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Registered: 2014-08-17

Posts: 39

Corebird won't start w/o sudo

for some reason i can't start corebird unless i type sudo corebird in the terminal. if i just type corebird in the terminal i get this message:

john@DarkSpiritAK47 ~ $ corebird

(corebird:17200): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
	Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Corebird.vala:293: Could not add window for account 'DarkSpiritAK47'
john@DarkSpiritAK47 ~ $ 

i am also unable to start corebird from my dock (avant window navigator), as well as the app menu (slingshot in pantheon), or by simply clicking the icon. the only way i can access and use corebird is my typing sudo corebird in the terminal. i have no idea why this would be... it seriously irritates me though as it seems i have lost some simple functionality with this app.

if anyone has any ideas, i would love to hear them.

oh and i also tried installing corebird from the aur with & without sudo as i thought that might have something to do with it. same result eitherway. i still need to type in sudo corebird to access the app.

i also am no longer using the account DarkSpiritAK47 for my twitter account. idk if that has anything to do with it either. though it is odd how it still thinks i am DarkSpiritAK47 when i type corebird into the terminal. if i type in sudo corebird though it has already allowed me to change my account to my new one.

thankx in advance for any help!

Last edited by DarkSpiritAK47 (2014-11-07 00:24:08)

smudge

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Registered: 2011-03-20

Posts: 158

Re: Corebird won't start w/o sudo

I think you'll need to find its hidden config files in your home directory and edit, move or delete them. They'll be something like ~/.corebird or ~/.config/corebird or ~/.local/share/corebird.
There may also be some cache files in ~/.cache.

DarkSpiritAK47

Member

From: Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Registered: 2014-08-17

Posts: 39

Re: Corebird won't start w/o sudo

i thought that was a good idea but sadly it did not work. as soon as i typed in the commands i got the same responses. Kind of fascinating to me but when i executed corebird in the terminal again using sudo the files you told me to delete re-spawned themselves. i kind of found that interesting. i was unaware that it would be in some of those spots that you mentioned though.  i even tried putting in the -Rns command to completely remove corebird and then reinstall it. bummer... nice idea though.

Last edited by DarkSpiritAK47 (2014-11-07 22:09:54)