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What is .ICEauthority and how do I fix it?
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For the last few weeks every time I try boot to Ubuntu 11.04 I have been getting the following error:
Could not update .ICEauthority file /home/username/.?ICEauthority
I gather it is a file of importance, but the other users on the system have not been getting the error message and I have concluded permissions are not the culprit... Any suggestions?
Display mode:
Ctrl-Alt-F1 to enter the shell
$ sudo chown user:user /home/user/.ICEauthority
$ sudo chmod 644 /home/user/.ICEauthority
$ sudo chown -R /home/user
$ exit
Ctrl+Alt+F7
Few restarts and it should be working normally...good luck and keep us posted on your progress :)
From Ubuntu forums, this seem to be another one that's working for most of people experiencing the same problem:
sudo chown -R $user:$user /home/$user/.*
where $user should be replaced with your username.
dr-xr-xr--
Got it from the terminal with:
$ ch /home
$ chmod u+w username
Rebooted haven't seen the error again, yet