* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> [05-25-20 16:29]: [...] 39 layers of previous quotes removed
You have the sequence out of time. to go back to user, you are correct, IF it started as user. Back a week or so ago, it did not start as user. It started as root. In that case, ONLY, it was necessary to us su to go to a user console.
and *everything* that you did during that time period had the potential or did contribute to borking your current ?system?.
b) In the case of using "su", you do not use "su doug". Instead, you have to use "su - doug". That dash is crucial. Without it, you remain at the root home without write access, without the correct environment, and commands fail. The proof of what I say is that tell tale path in your prompt.
That is correct. However, that situation is in the past and gone.
*except* what-ever you did during that time period made unknown and unintended changes to to your system which you have failed to recover. your only savior at this time is a reinstall which you unequivocally refuse. and you may as well quite complaining about your system not performing as you wish as you refuse to accept help! -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org