| miniux | Hi, does anyone know where the ubuntu-desktop installer looks when it tries to attach old users prefs to a new install? | 05:03 |
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| evand | miniux: that depends entirely on the operating system it's importing from. Windows XP or Linux? | 05:04 |
| miniux | An old ubuntu install... 2 partitions.. / got nuked, /home is still alive but when I attach it to the install as the new /home it doesnt want to import any users | 05:04 |
| evand | It's only going to try to import the firefox bookmarks, gaim/pidgin settings, and evolution settings for each user. | 05:06 |
| evand | It's not going to import the entire contents of /home/$USER. | 05:06 |
| miniux | ok, thats exactly what I wanted to know. so I should create a user with a different name and move the pref's by hand afterwards? | 05:07 |
| evand | However, if it doesn't import the settings I mentioned above, please run `ubiquity -d` from a terminal on the live CD and attach /var/log/syslog and /var/log/installer/debug to a new bug report against migration-assistant | 05:07 |
| miniux | Would that be the new or old /var/...? | 05:08 |
| miniux | (live cd's or old install) | 05:09 |
| evand | on the live cd | 05:09 |
| evand | now as to your other question | 05:10 |
| evand | you can use the live CD to manually transfer /home/{$USER} to the new partition. Just mount both the old partition (assuming you haven't formatted it) and new partition after the install is complete, copy /home/$USER from one to the other | 05:11 |
| evand | if this isn't the same as the user you created during the install, then you'll have to create an account for that user post-install | 05:12 |
| miniux | Alright perfect, thanks for the help, sorry for the channel abuse | 05:12 |
| evand | it's late, no one would be talking here anyway | 05:12 |
| evand | best of luck to you | 05:12 |
| miniux | thanks again | 05:13 |
| evand | you're welcome | 05:13 |
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