[SOLVED] USB - Hidden /home Boots. Non hidden /home fails

hugothebear · 10-25-2009, 04:40 PM

Hello, I have a problem.

incognito-i686-2009.0-beta.iso
Live CD runs with no problems or errors. ISO MD5 check passed.

Live CD - test boot installed - successful.

USB - installed following manual instructions. Test boot with non persistent /home - successful.

USB - installed and set password for Main /home and password for Hidden /home

Test boot using Hidden /home password - successful.
Test boot using Main /home password - error dialog windows
Test boot using Main /home password & Hidden /home password - error dialog windows

Error Dialog Windows as follows

There was an error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The message returned by the system was.
Could not open network socket
Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running
[OK] click x2

Will not save configuration
Configuration file "/home/incognito/.kde3.5/share/config/khotkeys_updaterc" not writable.
Please contact.....Blah Blah.....
[OK] repeat click process repeats errors with differing /config/???????? files Then

No write access to $Home directory(/home/incognito).
[OK] click
Blank screen hard reboot needed

Re-test boot using Hidden /home password - successful.

I tested the USB install home.tc with TrueCrypt within the Live CD. Using Main and then Hidden passwords both successfully mounted home.tc.
A test text file was on the hidden homepage as expected proving I had previously booted into the hidden /home directory.
Also tested using same using Main password, no test text file present as expected.

Any ideas,
Many Thanks

anonym · 10-26-2009, 08:16 AM

I've seen something similar. Try to increase the size of the non-hidden part of the TC setup (100 MB works for me at least) and see if the problem persists.

hugothebear · 10-28-2009, 04:55 PM

Ok, thanks for the suggestion, I'll have a go.

hugothebear · 10-28-2009, 06:22 PM

Hi, Anonym

That was indeed the problem I had set the Hidden /home way too big and I presume Normal /home could not load. It was about 40-50mb.
Working like a treat now.
Might be worth mentioning this in the setup section to give people a heads up on this error possibility.

Anyway.

Many Thanks