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Old 11-15-2003, 09:22 PM   #1
yzrider210
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Corrupted Home


Whenever I click on home, it goes to a completely different file. This happens when I use the Taskbar, the "start applications" menu, and even when I delete the icon and replace it. How do I fix it to go to home?
 
Old 11-15-2003, 11:11 PM   #2
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Where does it go instead? It might be a case that there is a symbolic link which points /home/yourusername to somewhere else, though it'd be strange. Also, please post the output when you open up a terminal window and type this:

ls -l /home

(that's lowercase LS, space, dash lowercase L, space, slash home)
 
Old 11-15-2003, 11:31 PM   #3
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It goes to a file on my Windows drive with all my music, The output is:
total 1
drwxr-xr-x 24 yzrider210 users 1440 2003-11-15 21:29 yzrider210
 
Old 11-16-2003, 12:27 AM   #4
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Your user config is probably messed up. Easiest way to fix this is to use whatever user config gui you have, and double check the /home directory name. It can be set to anything, so if it's set to windows, change it to the proper place.
 
Old 11-16-2003, 12:37 AM   #5
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If you're using kde, just manually browse to your home folder then select settings-save view profile-"filemanagement" then save it.
 
Old 11-16-2003, 01:34 AM   #6
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well that was EZ. thanx
 
  


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