From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 12 07:58:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFB671065670 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:58:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri@rawbw.com) Received: from shell.rawbw.com (shell.rawbw.com [198.144.192.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D178FC0A for ; Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:58:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eagle.syrec.org (c-24-6-221-126.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.6.221.126]) (authenticated bits=0) by shell.rawbw.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id nBC7w7ES030493; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:58:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B234D0D.6040101@rawbw.com> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:58:05 -0800 From: Yuri User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091130) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Boris Samorodov References: <4B21A2C0.3020503@rawbw.com> <4ad871310912101742p30328b47id282e7fa2285f2b7@mail.gmail.com> <4B21A487.5010200@rawbw.com> <4B21EA4A.40306@infracaninophile.co.uk> <54060791@bb.ipt.ru> <4B229EDB.3090702@rawbw.com> <96932353@bb.ipt.ru> <4B22D2FF.8070908@rawbw.com> <66526113@h30.sp.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <66526113@h30.sp.ipt.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: googleearth complains about file instance-running-lock X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: yuri@rawbw.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:58:07 -0000 Boris Samorodov wrote: > That's possible only if you are root. That's the most essential info. > Please, annouce it everytime you have any error at the very beginning > of an e-mail with capital letters. > > Never work as root. Never-never work as root under X. > I don't work as root. /compat/linux diectory is owned by my user, not root, not sure why. This is a very, very old system. Upgraded many times. That's how /compat/linux/home could get created. I can't understand why skype would create it instead of using /home. I guess that's a side effect of /compat/linux not being owned by root. Yuri