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I went to the wiki to firgure out how to install compiz correctly. I have installed compiz before on arch linux with the same hardware I have now. However, compiz is failing to start for me through fusion-icon.
This is the error I get through the terminal when I run either fusion-icon or dbus-launch "fusion-icon"
* Detected Session: gnome
* Searching for installed applications...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/fusion-icon", line 57, in <module>
from FusionIcon.interface import choose_interface
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/FusionIcon/interface.py", line 23, in <module>
import start
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/FusionIcon/start.py", line 36, in <module>
config.check()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/FusionIcon/util.py", line 368, in check
self.create_config_file()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/FusionIcon/util.py", line 402, in create_config_file
self.write(open(self.config_file, 'w'))
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/brian/.config/compiz/fusion-icon'
Compiz will run through compiz-manager but I find it very glitchy.
When I try to delete stuff into trash, it will not let me.
Unable to create trash dir /home/brian/.local/share/Trash: Permission denied
I have tried to create the directory several times through root. I also tried to find a solution to this on my own through the web but I am surprised I never came across a website with an answer.
Thanks for the help.
Edit:
I have noticed a lot more thing happening on my desktop that are caused by permission problems. I can not create accounts on empathy, for example. It fails to access an ini file. Can somebody help me fix my home directory permissions?
Last edited by brianji03 (2011-01-21 02:48:40)
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I think you need to check the owner of the folders in ~/.config.
If that's root, try
# chown -R brian ~/.config
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I figured out that was root and also figured out I would probably have to use chmod. However, I could not find that command.
Anyway, thanks for this. I actually gave up and just recreated my user which fixed things. I will take this down though just in case I have this problem in the future.
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