crap. I don't even know what I did

[zyxyellowxyz]

I apparently did SOMETHING wrong
And I'm not exactly sure what it was

I get the following error(s) when I try to log into my main account on Kubuntu (yes, I have 2 log ins, and now I am very happy that I do)

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

No write access to '/home/susan/.ICEauthority'.

KDE unable to start.

and after I sadly click okay, I get this one:

could not start ksmserver. check your installation

do I need to change the permissions on that folder/file? and I think the answer is yes... how would I do that? I know I can in terminal, but I have never memorized how to do that.

[dibl]

Re: crap. I don't even know what I did

At the login GUI screen, do Ctrl-Alt-F1 and then log in there as susan, then enter

mv .ICEauthority .ICEauthority_bak

startx

and let's see what happens.

[Guest]

Re: crap. I don't even know what I did

or you could try something like
<shell>
sudo chown susan /home/susan/.ICEauthority
</shell>

sudo allows you to execute a single command as root, and the chown command changes the owner of the .ICEauthority file. I've reinstalled linux several times, like botched upgrades and removing dual-boot windows partitions, and the 2 times Ive seen the error was because my user had a different uid, whether or not my username was the same, so I had to change the user to one that actually existed.

If I'm wrong, then you can try
<shell>
sudo chmod u+w /home/susan/.ICEauthority
</shell>.

or, even more stupid:
<shell>
sudo chmod o+w /home/susan/.ICEauthority
</shell>
but only if you have to.