[NTLUG:Discuss] HELP - N00b Award

[Rob Apodaca]

On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 17:55, David Simmons wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> Need some help....should have known better.
> 
> Just installed a new hard-drive on my Fedora CORE1...wanted to move /tmp
> and /home to it.  Was able to fdisk and format (with EXT3 if it matters)
> the new disk.
> 
> Added entries to fstab (/dev/hdg1 -> /tmp) and (/dev/hdg2 -> /home).
> 
> just did a 'mv' command to move the files.....now when I reboot (which
> works) and it tries to go into the GDM (ie graphical login screen) it
> can't start the graphics...and cycles back to CLI...then tries graphics
> again....never-ending.
> 
> Now that I think about it...it's probably a permissions file?  What did
> I miss...HELP!?
> 

I would tend to agree that when you did the move, you probably changed
ownership of some files in your home dir from the user to root. Let's
say the username is 'joe'. Do this (as root):
$ chown -R joe /home/joe
$ chgrp -R joe /home/joe

Then log back in as joe and do startx.

Hope this helps.
-Rob