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02-24-2005	#1 (permalink)
karene Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5	help... I can't change any of my system settings I can't change any of my system settings. I get an "unknown error" message. I can't do this as root. I had changed some permissions of files in the /etc directory, but I have changed them back (I thought). Any ideas as to why this might be happening and how to fix. I'm using Red Hat v. 9 thanks. Karen

02-24-2005	#2 (permalink)
Cabhan Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 2,691	What type of settings, and can you give the exact error message please?

02-24-2005	#3 (permalink)
karene Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5	I'm working in the gui and when I go into start here/system settings I can't access ANY of what is listed. From Add/Remove applications to users and groups. The error message is simply "unknown error".

02-24-2005	#4 (permalink)
UniXoiDe Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tunisia Posts: 28	Hi, Try to put OS CD and let it auto-start, uninstall your X (Gnome/KDE/...) and system utilities, And re-install all again. hopefully It will be work. Keep us informed plz.

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