On Wednesday 17 February 2016 03:43:56 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2016 schrieb Gene Heskett: > > On Tuesday 16 February 2016 16:53:24 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 16 February 2016 10:10:54 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > > Am Mittwoch, 10. Februar 2016 schrieb Lisi Reisz: > > > > > Why not just _try_, just for - I don't know - for heck's sake > > > > > - doing *exactly* what Nik suggested? You never know, it > > > > > might work. > > > > > > > > > > <quote> > > > > > I had to use "start with empty session" temporarily (for one > > > > > or two reboots) to get rid of some hikups. > > > > > </quote> > > > > > > > > > > Lisi > > > > > > > > I'm couriouse: Gene, could you solve the problem? > > > > > > > > Nik > > > > > > Sorry Nik, I haven't tried, been up to my tail in other projects. > > > But I will at some point do exactly that. And let everyone know. > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > Dr Nik; > > > > I had a huge update tonight, 165 packages. So I set it to start > > with an empty config, and alternately rebooted and edited grub.cfg > > to get it to use the latest kernel automatically since it has been > > built with enough stuff I can run the uspace sim version of lcnc > > with it. That took 4 reboots to get it right, each one a blank > > screen except for the icons & tde menu's. > > > > Getting that right, I reset it to use a saved config, and sure as > > God made little green apples, on the next reboot nothing had > > changed, it was all back, and all piled up on workspace 2, with the > > 4 tab terminal that lives on workspace 2 in my usual workflow, > > sitting on top of everything else. > > > > So it appears that accomplished zero effect other than kmail wasn't > > restarted, everything else was after 4 reboots to an empty config, > > including kcalc on its correct workspace 3.. > > > > Is the a subdir in ~/.trinity or ~/.kde ( those file dates were all > > old) that I can nuke, to make it resave the config as it exists at > > logout/reboot? > > > > IOW, What did I do wrong? Should I have been just logging out as > > opposed to a hot reboot? > > > > And how does one go about "saving" the manually saved session that > > this menu gives you the option of using. I haven't run across a menu > > entry to do that. That seems like it should be the real answer, > > saving the currently running stuff, including the workspace # its > > running on. > > > > But what do I know? > > > > In the FWIW category, big story about a Glibc vulnerability, > > released by both Red Hat and Google, a dns exploit that gives the > > attacker root with one query. Supposedly a year old, but I don't > > recall seeing anything but an update to the docs for glibc in recent > > history. > > > > Does anyone know if the wheezy glibc has actually been quietly > > patched for that exploit or not in the last year? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > Hi Gene! > > Ok, then there is something wrong in your ~/.trinity - and I expect > it's not that easy to correct by hand. > > The easiest fix is probably this: > > - log out of TDE > - go to a console <ctrl>+<alt>+<f1> > - log in as "gene" or what ever user you use > - $ mv .trinity .trinity-old > - back to X11 > - log in > - wizard comes up, just walk through it > - test session, which I expect to work. > - no copy the configs you need from the .trinity-old to .trinity, at > least mails. > > I know, that's anoying, but it sometimes happens. Maybe silent > bitrotting, who knows? > > Nik I did an ls -lR in ~./.trinity, and saw that I own everything, and that several files were updated last night, but nothing that looks like a usual suspect. Only 4 files in the session directory So next time I am in need of a reboot, I'll do that. Thanks Nik. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>