I installed 12.1 KDE 32 bit over my old, damaged 11.4 Gnome 64 bit (which had kept freezing since I installed it), realized I had to re-install WindowsXP on the other partition, and had to re-run the installation of 12.1 to automatically get the boot menue for Linux.
In each case, I kept my home partition, it was not formatted but mounted.
From then on, LibreOffice would not open my files, saying it was used by another process, required my password, and slowed down enormously, up to 20 minutes…
When opening Firefox, first a message from Amorok said it could not open mp3s. The browser window showed a red message that bookmarks and history would not work, used by another process or due to malware. Impossible to access any websites!
I tried to solve the problem by reinstalling 12.1 KDE, then 12.1 Xfce - no change.
It must have something to do with some bit for files ownership being set somewhere.
Any idea?
Try creating a new user - you should get a clean standard desktop - and see if the problem persist. If not, it is due to your older (and perhaps already broken) configuration files in the old user home directory.
On 2011-12-26 19:26, wasserwohl wrote:
> From then on, LibreOffice would not open my files, saying it was used
> by another process, required my password, and slowed down enormously, up
> to 20 minutes…
Do the files belong to you? Check it.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
I managed to fix the two worst problems myself!
The LibreOffice Problem: Yast - network connections - host name: changed the host name to that stated in the error message.
The firefox problem: deleted profiles.ini in /home/.mozilla/firefox.