Home Folders Gone. EpsonCX5600 not installed. USB Drive gone

**deano_ferrari** · 20-Feb-2009, 15:01

I'm not a gnome user, but I know there is a gconf-editor utility that can be used to set file permissions. Maybe your home directory permissions are screwed up.

Have look here:

openSUSE Tutorials

Enable the Advanced File Permissions Dialog in Nautilus | Tombuntu

I found this gnome tutorial. Have a look at 'pitfalls' section towards bottom of page. Specifically, there is some info concerning what to do if everything seems messed up for a user. I would make sure you back up any crucial data (on usb stick) before attempting anything radical though.

Good luck.

**mateit** · 20-Feb-2009, 15:16

No, it's not that dangerous. At the next boot it will just (re)discover all your hw. Search the suse db - though I'm not quite sure as I said that this would help in the end. And after all if you plan to reinstall...

**chepoxxx** · 20-Feb-2009, 15:37

Tried 'rm -rf /var/lib/hardware/*', it removed a lot of HAL stuff. I rebooted and the condition remains. No access to the Home Folder and scanner is a no find.
I guess I will just have to clean install it. Bummer.
But if the same problem rises again!?! I am in throwing my box out the windows............

**mateit** · 20-Feb-2009, 15:39

Creating a new user helped?

**chepoxxx** · 20-Feb-2009, 15:53

Nope. I tried creating a new use and the logging in with it with no luck. Then I tried logging in as root with the same result...

**mateit** · 20-Feb-2009, 15:58

What does dmesg say?

**chepoxxx** · 20-Feb-2009, 16:16

Right now, I am actually doing the clean install. I'll let everyone in if the problem persisted after the procedure or if it was corrected. Thanks everyone for helping out.

**chepoxxx** · 20-Feb-2009, 17:46

uf.........
3 hours later all is well. A clean install did the trick. I have installed Epson CX5600 correctly and am running everything all smooth.
Thanks everyone.