[solved] kstartupconfig4 fail or does not exist

[kyonides]

Well, I was used to using a partition with the system and the /home/user folders all in one but after reading several of your posts here and there I decided to move all of my /home files to another partition. That wasn't a problem at all as expected and I could even change the username, the password just to make sure I didn't leave anything a hacker could use against my system (even if that might not be necessary at all). The problem is that every single time I try to log into my admin and not a regular one to install software and so on, right after the login screen disappears I get the error message I mentioned on the topic subject. I tried copying it from another partition with another Kubuntu OS but that didn't work. So now I'm stuck to my root or a non privileged account.

(I know I'd have done something stupid here. My bad.)

I'd really appreciate it if someone could give me a hint at least in order to fix this some day... without reinstalling the whole OS on that partition...

[doctordruidphd]

Re: kstartupconfig4 fail or does not exist

One thing you might check is oermissions in your /home directory.
If you copied with something like sudo rsync -av then permissions would have been preserved. If not, then your admin account may have been copied with the wrong permissions.
What you might try is to login any way you can, change to your home directory, and do a
sudo chown -R adminaccountname:adminaccountname /home/adminaccountname
might fix it if that's the problem.

[kyonides]

Re: kstartupconfig4 fail or does not exist

Nah, I just let it recreate my home folder (after I mv it to another location) and rebooted the system and after I mv them back I got my account (and my settings) restored.

Thanks for your advice anyway, it might still help someone else, though.