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Posted: July 15 2004,22:45 QUOTE

yeah now fixed everything works now it's to do with using the gui
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Posted: July 16 2004,01:45 QUOTE

The problem that you experienced is due to one of your *.dsl extensions being built wrong (I don't know who the "bad apple" is).

Basically, what happens is the bad *.dsl file changes the permissions of the /tmp folder and you are no longer allowed to write to it unless you are running as user 'root'.

A quick way to check for this problem is to type this:

tar -ztvf filename.dsl  |  more

Then look for the following entry in the list:

/tmp/

or

/var/tmp/

If you see this entry, then your dsl file may cause you some trouble.

Hope this helps.
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Posted: July 16 2004,10:37 QUOTE

yeah thanks again, and now i know how to resolve it should this happen again. I greatly appreciate your help being a total linux newbie just 6 weeks or so but am trying to soak up what i can.The amount of stuff I have learned from this forum is remarkable KUDOS :)  :)
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