[02:14] <detectiveinspekt> hi
[02:15] <jrib> detectiveinspekt: hi
[02:15] <jrib> run this for kicks: find ~/.local ! -user $USER
[02:16] <detectiveinspekt> i could solve this problem by uninstalling totem this works but my brother needs it for mythtv
[02:16] <detectiveinspekt> k
[02:16] <detectiveinspekt> jrib: "permission denied"
[02:16] <jrib> nice
[02:16] <jrib> you're running this as your user not root right?
[02:17] <detectiveinspekt> yep
[02:17] <jrib> ls -ld ~/.local
[02:17] <jrib> output here
[02:17] <detectiveinspekt> drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2007-02-27 18:25 /home/jonathan/.local
[02:17] <jrib> alright, somehow root owns ~/.local.  This usually happens when you sudo gui apps
[02:18] <jrib> to fix:  sudo chown -R $USER: ~/.local
[02:18] <detectiveinspekt> shouldn't i own this?
[02:18] <detectiveinspekt> yk
[02:18] <detectiveinspekt> ok
[02:19] <detectiveinspekt> oh yes it works now thanks
[02:19] <jrib> np
[02:19] <detectiveinspekt> i do find it difficult to know where everything is
[02:19] <jrib> you may want to do: find ~ ! -user $USER
[02:19] <detectiveinspekt> like conf files etc
[02:20] <jrib> that will list everything in your HOME that isn't owned by you
[02:20] <jrib> or just chown your whole HOME back to yourself if you are sure you don't want other ownership for anything in there
[02:21] <detectiveinspekt> ok great it worked thanks