/.kde4, /lost+found and others in root directory??

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#1

maybe everything changed while i was stuck in 10.3 but i noticed soon
after install, and am just getting around to asking:

i find these directories in the system’s root directory very surprising:

/.config (with one file inside Trolltech.conf, which is empty)
/.kde4
/.kde4/share (empty)
/lost+found (empty)
/clicboot (with LOTs of stuff inside, including)



/clicboot:
../  ../  boot/

/clicboot/boot:
../   System.map-2.6.34-12-default  boot.readme               grub/
memtest.bin  symvers-2.6.34-12-default.gz  vmlinuz@
.../  boot@                         config-2.6.34-12-default  initrd@
message      vmlinux-2.6.34-12-default.gz  vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-default

/clicboot/boot/grub:
../   e2fs_stage1_5  ffs_stage1_5      jfs_stage1_5
reiserfs_stage1_5  stage2         vstafs_stage1_5
.../  fat_stage1_5   iso9660_stage1_5  minix_stage1_5  stage1
ufs2_stage1_5  xfs_stage1_5

anyone have any idea how that stuff got there (or, is it now “standard”)?

some answers you might want:
-openSUSE 11.3 (updates run & accepted)
-KDE4.5.5
-the system was born with those directories/files
-i have not installed anything from Trolltech
-i have not logged into KDE as root
-i have noticed some comments in start/shutdown having to do with VM,
and i have installed no VM software
-(i did a mostly hands off install to a new disk)
-i initially installed KDE4 and have not installed Gnome Base (or
otherwise) yet i see ~/.gvfs which i believe is a Gnome related file
-the system was born with a user named “linux”
-OH, and the system was born with Samba installed, what is with that?

strange!

–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD
[NNTP posted w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5, Thunderbird3.0.11, nVidia
173.14.28 3D, Athlon 64 3000+]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

#2

On 2011-02-16 22:40, DenverD wrote:

> maybe everything changed while i was stuck in 10.3 but i noticed soon
> after install, and am just getting around to asking:

I have seen similar things on occasion. No idea why, just delete them.

> -i initially installed KDE4 and have not installed Gnome Base (or
> otherwise) yet i see ~/.gvfs which i believe is a Gnome related file

Yet you may have some gnome libraries.

> -the system was born with a user named “linux”

huh?

> -OH, and the system was born with Samba installed, what is with that?

Intentional, I think.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)

#3

Hmm, here in 11.3/KDE4.6 I see /.kde4 (empty) and /.config/Trolltec.conf with stuff like:

[Qt%20Plugin%20Cache%204.6.false]
usr\lib64\kde4\plugins\kauth\backend\kauth_backend_plugin.so=40603, 0, x86_64 linux g++-4 full-config, 2011-01-04T14:37:36
usr\lib64\kde4\plugins\kauth\helper\kauth_helper_plugin.so=40603, 0, x86_64 linux g++-4 full-config, 2011-01-04T14:37:36

Per time stamps this file was created when I updated KDE from 4.5 to 4.6 earlier today. The directories are a couple of weeks older.

You may try to move these directories and see what happens.

#4

I have seen many of those things too and I think they are leftovers from the LiveCD. I mean, if you boot up an openSuSE live CD you are logged in as user “Linux”.

#5

/lost+found is created by the filesystem (ext3 / ext4).

Someone please quote me, as DenverD has set me on “ignore”.

#6

here you go, quoted as requested:

On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:36:02 +0530, gropiuskalle
<gropiuskalle@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
> /lost+found is created by the filesystem (ext3 / ext4).
>
> Someone please quote me, as DenverD has set me on “ignore”.
>
>

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phani.

#7

On 02/17/2011 03:30 PM, phanisvara wrote:
>> /lost+found is created by the filesystem (ext3 / ext4).

ok, i now have these renamed:

/.config-old
/.kde4-old
/clicboot-old

and it booted without catching my house on fire…i’ll leave it that
way for a while and come back and delete them…someday…

thanks all!!

–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD
[NNTP posted w/openSUSE 11.3, KDE4.5.5, Thunderbird3.0.11, nVidia
173.14.28 3D, Athlon 64 3000+]
“It is far easier to read, understand and follow the instructions than
to undo the problems caused by not.” DD 23 Jan 11

#8

Thank you phani. :slight_smile: