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#1 2014-10-30 17:32:56
- rataoslc
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[Solved] trouble creating launchers on desktop
hello! i'm using xfce on debian wheezy. drag and drop was working fine, but now it says i don't have permission to do it. i still can move files or create launchers to the desktop by running thunar as root, but i want to drag and drop them like i used to do before! any ideas?
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#2 2014-10-30 19:43:11
- rataoslc
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Re: [Solved] trouble creating launchers on desktop
i can't even save downloaded files to the desktop...
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#3 2014-10-30 19:53:23
- ToZ
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Re: [Solved] trouble creating launchers on desktop
Check the permissions of your Desktop folder ($HOME/Desktop) and make sure you own them.
$ ls -l $HOME | grep Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 toz users 4096 Sep 28 20:55 Desktop
If not:
sudo chown USERNAME $HOME/Desktop...where USERNAME is your username.
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#4 2014-10-30 22:45:53
- rataoslc
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Re: [Solved] trouble creating launchers on desktop
thanks for that! i had tried to change the Desktop permission but without success.
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