users $home/dmrc file is being ignored-displays when i login

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did not help

This happened to me with Intrepid as well, is it not a bug? Also simply chmoding the file does not fix the warning, as bunky said.

I'm confused - this question is marked as solved.

Could you please post the output of:

ls -la ~/.dmrc

Yes, I am not sure why it is solved, as bunky mentioned it wasn't. Doing a chmod 644 ~/.dmrc AND a chmod 700 ~ fixed the issue for me. I say that it seems like a bug because this issue probably shouldn't appear in the first place. It happened to me on the second boot of a fresh Intrepid Alpha 5 install. Here is the output requested:

-rw------- 1 yelena yelena 26 2008-09-08 10:16 /home/yelena/.dmrc

Thanks Chris!

Is that output before or after you fixed it? It would help to see it before and after.

Thanks

That was after it was fixed; if it happens again I will provide the
same output. However note that it was the chmod 700 ~ that actually
fixed it. It seems to not be an isolated incident based on ubuntuforum
posts as such.

finally got back,,,and,,,never was fixed on my computer yet????guys

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> That was after it was fixed; if it happens again I will provide the
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> fixed it. It seems to not be an isolated incident based on ubuntuforum
> posts as such.
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still get same error upon login,have to click on ok to pass on to login continuation,,then seems ok

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> Your question #41142 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/41142
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> bunky posted a new comment:
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> finally got back,,,and,,,never was fixed on my computer yet????guys
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> > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 22:12:32 +0000
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> > Your question #41142 on Ubuntu changed:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/41142
> >
> > Mike Rooney posted a new comment:
> > That was after it was fixed; if it happens again I will provide the
> > same output. However note that it was the chmod 700 ~ that actually
> > fixed it. It seems to not be an isolated incident based on ubuntuforum
> > posts as such.
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I logged into prompt only and typed these commands and it fixed me-

chmod 700 /home/<yourusername>
chmod 644 /home/<yourusername>/.dmrc

It seems as if it is solved though-- I can possibly shed some light on the why it happened for me.
I copied over some files from a cd that was made under a different install (8.10) over to my 8.04- The issue didn't seem to happen when I copied over a single file. Only when I tried to copy over the entire folder. The folder would not let me change permissions and or delete the file.

I don't know if that comment will help or hurt this bug. (possibly help to recreate the bug)

This happened to me recently as well under Ubuntu 8.04. Strange.
The solution provided works.
chmod 700 /home/<yourusername>
chmod 644 /home/<yourusername>/.dmrc