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Re: [trinity-users] Kpersonalizer problem

From: Gene Heskett <gheskett@...>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 11:08:16 -0500
On Thursday 27 December 2018 10:40:55 Thierry de Coulon wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've got a little but nagging problem with Kpersonalizer.
>
> I've setup a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian (the latest Raspbian Stretch
> works very well on a 3 B+, by the way) and installed TDE from Slavek's
> repositories. Then I decided to rename the "Pi" user.
>
> Since that, every time I log in I get Kpersonalizer. If I don't run
> it, I get no icons on the desktop. If I do, some of my previous
> settings are kept, some are lost (colours, windows decorations).
>
> This certainly is a permission problem and dome file not being
> written, but where?
>
> Root works very well. I could (and possibly will) create a new user,
> but first I would like to understand what is not going right.
>
> Thierry

The pi installer cannot be defeated. I installed 5 times trying to get 
the first user to be named me. I gave up, so on my pi, I am pi. The only 
arm install I've found that lets you name the first user is armbian 
stretch on an arm64. Its a genuine PITA on a 6 machine home network.
>
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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