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| Thread ID: 145672 | 2017-12-31 23:11:00 | Mint Issues | piroska (17583) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1444255 | 2017-12-31 23:11:00 | So after I reboot, the environment has reverted to default. Background gone....admittedly this is from my Windows folder. A suggestion was copy the pics to usr/share/backgrounds but I get a permission denied for the entire share folder. Why? Plus Thunderbird, I had set that up and that was back at not setup at all. The desktop thing is an issue I have seen, but the whole thing? Even shortcuts and stuff I did, pretty much all my personalisations had gone. I think it's a permissions thing but don't know what I am doing with that....like that share folder.... |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1444256 | 2017-12-31 23:40:00 | You may have restored a timeshift snapshot, quite possibly the first one made, are there a lot of updates? Because there hasn't been a lot of activity with updates in the last couple of days. Anything outside your home directory is not owned by your user, so you must become a superuser or escalate the privileges of the program so it could write to those places like /usr/share/backgrounds. Other than that, maybe its a fresh start to the new year. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1444257 | 2018-01-01 00:08:00 | Have you updated your new system? | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1444258 | 2018-01-01 00:48:00 | You should have about 45 updates in a fresh install of Mint Cinnamon 18.3 Some of these may resolve your issue. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1444259 | 2018-01-01 01:50:00 | Nope, no updates. It hasn't been running for ages. Loaded it up, fiddled around, reboot back to Windows, GD took over then, back to Mint today to have a go with the card game etc and there it was. Like that. So, if I don't have permission, why is everything I read telling me to put things in this share folder then? Or, how do I "own" it? |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1444260 | 2018-01-01 02:24:00 | If you want to copy files to a system directory, such as usr/share/backgrounds open a terminal and type in gksu nemo /usr/share/backgrounds/ it will then ask for your password, input it. this will open the file browser with elevated privileges in the directory you want. And it is not a recommended thing to 'take ownership' of a system directory. But you really should update the system first, as this may resolve the issues you are experiencing. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1444261 | 2018-01-01 02:30:00 | Have you installed mint or are you running it off a live flash drive? maybe it's a stupid question but what you describe is how a live disk acts, nothing saves permanently. You can install it to a flash drive properly, but that requires 2 drives - boot off one and install to the other. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1444262 | 2018-01-01 03:02:00 | FYI-- just installed Mint on a spare HDD, 18.3 (The previous version was 17.??) , none of the actions Piroska happened even after a shutdown. Changed the desktop background, shared folders, copied data after having to install samba (which was claimed to already installed) - errrrrrrrrrrr nope. All that did happen was as KD mentioned 45 Updates. AND the consistent PITA to enter a password to do anything. :waughh: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1444263 | 2018-01-01 03:11:00 | Have you thought about going to a professionally written OS like Windows 10 that has all the bugs out of it. I just like eating mints. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1444264 | 2018-01-01 03:29:00 | Just store any of your stuff under your own home folder. That's where it's supposed to go. ~/.fonts ~/.themes ~/.backgrounds or ~/Pictures/backgrounds etc. files / folders starting with a '.' are hidden from standard view. Leave the system folders for the system. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
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