Re: [Gnewsense-dev] gnewsense 3.0 install

[Karl Goetz]

On Wed Aug 21 10:33:42 2013 dww <address@hidden> wrote:

> On my laptop which had 2.3, I installed from DVD.   The installation went
> fine through the Gnome log-in screen. I did not reformat my home
> partition.   Upon logging in I got the following error:
> 
> "Could not update ICEauthority file /home/[username]/.ICEauthority"
...
> I figured that all the files in the home directory and subdirectories
> had the same username as before but a user id number from 2.3 but 3.0
> had assigned a different user id number.
> 
> I rebooted into recovery mode and from the root command prompt:
> 
> chown -R [username] /home/[username]/
> 
> After this the full Gnome desktop appeared correctly after rebooting and
> logging in.
> 
> Was my reasoning as to cause of the problem correct?   Is this a problem

i would say thats correct, though of course cant be positive with the 
information provided.

> that has occurred before and should it be in the documentation?

If there is upgrading documentation i think this should be covered - it may not 
happen for everyone but s still likely enough to warrant recording. 
Thanks,
kk