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etsaiari

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Registered: 2016-01-22

Posts: 2

KDE5 - Kickoff "Home" location incorrect

Hey guys,

I'm having a little problem with KDE5 - I renamed an account on my computer, and now the "Home" button under the Kickoff "Computer" tab still displays the old filepath for the home folder. Subsequently when I click on it, I get the following error:

Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder /home/alez does not exist.

Is there some kind of configuration file somewhere, where I can alter this value? I've tried reinstalling plasma-desktop to no avail.

Thanks in advance for your help

EDIT: I assume Kickoff is still the name of the Application Launcher in KDE, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

Last edited by etsaiari (2016-01-22 19:51:05)

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: KDE5 - Kickoff "Home" location incorrect

How did you rename the account?

Does the output of...

getent passwd <username> | cut -d: -f6

show the correct location?

Last edited by Slithery (2016-01-22 20:05:28)

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etsaiari

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Registered: 2016-01-22

Posts: 2

Re: KDE5 - Kickoff "Home" location incorrect

How did you rename the account?

Does the output of...

getent passwd <username> | cut -d: -f6

show the correct location?

Yes, that command does show the correct location.

I renamed the account using "usermod -l oldname newname," as suggested by the wiki.