WilliamS

I did the cp in /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver or whatever (didn't write it but it is on the mdk website for 9.1 , then rebooted using CD1 and the patch.pl floppy made as instructed on the same website.

So the result is KDE hangs, I don't know to do anything about it.

The error message is: the following installation problem was detected wile trying to start KDE:

No write access to "/home/me/ICEauthority".

KDE is unable to start.

It hangs at the point in the process of "setting up interprocess communication.

I"d rather not do a complete re-install aftere three days of sweating on the "learning curve" :(

All ideas appreciated.

"yes" was the first thing I tried, however ls /etc/pam.d/ showed that the xscreensaver was not overwritten, is still there.

IAs this the way it is supposed to work?

I'd have thought that overwritten meant overwritten.

:roll:

Truly newby question:

A fix for mdk 9.1 says do # cp /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver /etc/pam.d/kscreensaver3

as root. So I did that, but then konsole asks something like: Do you really want to overwrite? and I don't know what to type in.

What is the secret answer? (Not in my linux books)

WilliamS :?: