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Old 02-26-2017, 03:15 AM   #16
Flaim
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
I haven't a clue. All a calibre instalaltion does is install a few icons, a few completion files and a few .desktop files. And even that it does using the xdg tools, not by itself. I dont see how it is possible for that to "hose" a desktop environment.
I have run into this same problem. What I have discovered is that during the installation, or initial execution of Calibre, all files in /usr/share/mime are set to rw-------. I was able to restore my desktop after running
Code:
sudo find /usr/share/mime -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
So, there is a problem in the installation that is either resetting file permissions in /usr/share/mime, or replacing the existing files with files that are 600 not 644.
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