On 06/18/2014 08:56 AM, Temlakos wrote: > With /home partitioned off separately (as an LVM partition), I assume > I can install F21 "cleanly" in the / partition without risking losing > the contents of /home or my access to them. But I still have to write > down every modification I made to a configuration file--or else keep > copies of those files in /home. They would include, I also assume, > things like the files holding the UIDs, GIDs, and passwords for Users > and Groups. > > That's the only reason I don't plan to do a clean install every time. > But I wouldn't mind doing it every other time, or every third time. To > make sure these cumulative errors don't build up again. > > Again, I offer this to provide some insight into problems that we > "amateur system administrators" sometimes have. I'll bet some of those issues might have gone away if you had removed the .* files in your home directory... .kde* , .gnome* .... compare a new user environment to your old existing user, to see if things are any different.. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org