Auuugh! I'm going insane trying to fix this. Last night, rather randomly, everything on my desktop (minus mounted volumes) disappeared. One minute it was there, then I emptied the trash (which as far as I knew, only contained a few aliases I cleaned out of some application folders on my classic disk). The next thing I knew: No access to my desktop.
I can still open the volumes shown, but when I try to copy/place anything on the desktop, I get a -36 error (I/O error...which I really haven't seen since my Apple //e days!)
After a little investigating (and creating another admin user), I found that on my system partition, the desktop folder is visible to the new user, but not to my main (read: original) user.
Turns out it's there, but invisible to the first user (for some reason NOT invisible to the new user). Also, there is NO visible Desktop file (at all) in the home directory of my first user.
So, to fix it, I copied the desktop file from the new user's home directory to the shared directory, with the intention of copying it into the old user's home directory (and changing ownership and whatnot from the terminal).
It seemed like a good plan, until it decided not to let me copy over the Desktop folder, which to the GUI is a nonexistant item...even searching for invisible files doesn't find it...
...though it DOES show up logged into the shell...but ONLY if logged in as root...
The reason I'm given for not copying is because the Destop folder's "in use." Logged in as the new user, I don't have access privelges, logged in as the old, the (missing!) Desktop folder is "in use." Aughhh!
I attempted to delete the file (logged in as root from the new user), with the intent of replacing it, but it WON'T go away.
Now I haven't used real UNIX since college (and even then, I only had root access once--heh, nearly got me expelled), and I've picked up some bad habits from playing with Red Hat on a PeeCee.
Please, any thoughts/suggestions/other would be appreciated.
...And yes, I know I'm a total NUMBNUTS for messing around as root when I really don't know as much as I think I do....so please keep the flames to a minimum!
Thanks, All!
P.S. I'd prefer to salvage this userID, because recreating everything I've already set up, configured, or otherwise modified on a NEW user is NOT an idea I relish.
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*PowerMac G3, 266 Mini-tower (MoBo rev. A) <--(Only one IDE bus, dammit)
*256 MB RAM
*System 10.1.3 on main (read: master IDE) 16 GB HD (in 4 GB "system" partition)
*System 9.1 on secondary 40 GB drive (both IDE)
(second drive was main disk until got the urge to install X)
I can still open the volumes shown, but when I try to copy/place anything on the desktop, I get a -36 error (I/O error...which I really haven't seen since my Apple //e days!)
After a little investigating (and creating another admin user), I found that on my system partition, the desktop folder is visible to the new user, but not to my main (read: original) user.
Turns out it's there, but invisible to the first user (for some reason NOT invisible to the new user). Also, there is NO visible Desktop file (at all) in the home directory of my first user.
So, to fix it, I copied the desktop file from the new user's home directory to the shared directory, with the intention of copying it into the old user's home directory (and changing ownership and whatnot from the terminal).
It seemed like a good plan, until it decided not to let me copy over the Desktop folder, which to the GUI is a nonexistant item...even searching for invisible files doesn't find it...
...though it DOES show up logged into the shell...but ONLY if logged in as root...
The reason I'm given for not copying is because the Destop folder's "in use." Logged in as the new user, I don't have access privelges, logged in as the old, the (missing!) Desktop folder is "in use." Aughhh!
I attempted to delete the file (logged in as root from the new user), with the intent of replacing it, but it WON'T go away.
Now I haven't used real UNIX since college (and even then, I only had root access once--heh, nearly got me expelled), and I've picked up some bad habits from playing with Red Hat on a PeeCee.
Please, any thoughts/suggestions/other would be appreciated.
...And yes, I know I'm a total NUMBNUTS for messing around as root when I really don't know as much as I think I do....so please keep the flames to a minimum!
Thanks, All!
P.S. I'd prefer to salvage this userID, because recreating everything I've already set up, configured, or otherwise modified on a NEW user is NOT an idea I relish.
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*PowerMac G3, 266 Mini-tower (MoBo rev. A) <--(Only one IDE bus, dammit)
*256 MB RAM
*System 10.1.3 on main (read: master IDE) 16 GB HD (in 4 GB "system" partition)
*System 9.1 on secondary 40 GB drive (both IDE)
(second drive was main disk until got the urge to install X)
