j0ngz0rz

hi im a linux newb so i dont know anything thats going on
when i boot up linux, it said:

The following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE:

No write access to $Home directory (/home/jon)

KDE is unable to start.

anyone know how to solve this?

also i am clueless on how to install things. i tried to install AIM, azureus, and mozilla firefox. however i do not know how to install them, but somehow i got mozilla installed but i don tknow how it got iinstalled. can anyone explain to me how to instlal stuff? such as .tar.gz etc.

puntmuts

- no perms to write to $home
Strange, but it can be solved with a few commands:
Installing a package and packagemanagement:
http://www.slackware.com/config/packages.php

Slackware comes with mozilla, so if it is a package you can manage it with tools described above.
Firefox comes in all kinds of versions and formats. There is an installer which you can install in your home, /home/jon/firefox . Most packages come with installation instructions.

But it is better to do some reading first, questions about tar.gz (search the forum please) is basic knowledge.
A good start would be http://www.slackware.com/book/ Part IV. Using Slackware.

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dylunio

Also read this tutorial by Jason th site admin http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-19957.html

dylunio

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adrenaline

when adding users in the command line if you use
adduser instead of useradd
it will give you a wizard and if you accept all the defaults it will create a home directory and you won't have that problem.

adduser <username>

Mike

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khopdi

Where do i enter this code when the whole system refuses to start?????
Thnx
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CODE
su -
# enter root password
chown -R jon.users /home/myname
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UgoDeschamps

Do you meen not even CLI or not even booting up?
do you have any error message

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khopdi

Hi,
I logged on in safe mode, entered the code above.
then i shutdown the pc and rebooted in normal mode and everything is now up and running....
not sure what i did but everything works well now...
Cheers