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Re: How to gain control over the system?

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Did you remember to reconfigure sudo? What Desktop Environment are you
using?

On Sat, 2017-07-08 at 23:57 +0200, Kaj Persson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Anyone having an idea how to get back the command over my desktop, 
> including the panels? Until two weeks ago I ran Debian 8 ("jessie"),
> but 
> after a unsuccessful clean-up operation the whole system became
> totally 
> corrupted, and I decided to to a complete new install of the new
> Debian 
> 9 ("stretch") and Mate (which I was using in jessie too). I was
> using 
> the live DVD put on a memory stick. All went fine, and the system 
> started without problems. I was happy to notice that I could now use
> the 
> Nouveau driver for the screen. Until now I have had to use the
> nVidia 
> driver certainly without problems, but it is good being able to use
> free 
> software.
> 
> But now I discovered an issue, I cannot manage my desktop. I have
> always 
> at the previous installations, and they are quite many now, been
> advised 
> to, for security reason, leave the root password unset, which causes
> the 
> root account go passive, and for all tasks where I need root
> authority I 
> go via su/sudo. It has always worked fine, and this using su/sudo
> still 
> does. But I cannot control the panels, I have two of them, one on
> top 
> intended for icons of my most used programs, as a kind of favourite 
> menu, and one at bottom where the active programmes appear as
> buttons. 
> The bottom panel is working mostly as I want, but I cannot add new
> apps 
> to it, e.g. the window switch, I used to have. And I cannot add the 
> program icons to top panel. Via a right click on a program menu item
> I 
> have the option "Put this to the panel" (well, possibly not the
> correct 
> words, this is a home made translation from my Swedish version),
> but, 
> when trying to select that, nothing happens.
> 
> However the related options to save icon to the desktop works fine,
> and 
> I can also sort the icons to what I find useful, but it does not
> survive 
> a cold start. All the icons come back in some kind of default order, 
> which I have not been able found out. It is at least not alphabetic.
> 
> So can someone help me get the command back, or do I have to make a
> new 
> reinstall, hoping for better luck. Possibly setting a password on
> the 
> Admin, hence activating that account, which I would prefer not having
> to.
> 
> Thank you in advance
> Kaj
> 

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How to gain control over the system? Kaj Persson <70147persson@telia.com> - 2017-07-09 00:10 +0200
  Re: How to gain control over the system? Oflameo <oflameo2@gmail.com> - 2017-07-09 00:30 +0200
    Re: How to gain control over the system? Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-07-09 01:00 +0200
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      Re: How to gain control over the system? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-07-09 13:50 +0200
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      Re: How to gain control over the system? [a security-side-note] Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-07-09 16:20 +0200
    Re: How to gain control over the system? Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-07-09 19:00 +0200
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        Re: How to gain control over the system? Kaj Persson <70147persson@telia.com> - 2017-07-09 23:40 +0200
    Re: How to gain control over the system? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-10 01:40 +0200
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        Re: How to gain control over the system? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-07-12 03:50 +0200
          Re: How to gain control over the system? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-07-12 14:30 +0200
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            Re: How to gain control over the system? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-13 13:20 +0200
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              Re: How to gain control over the system? tomas@tuxteam.de - 2017-07-13 15:20 +0200
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      Re: How to gain control over the system? RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-07-12 14:40 +0200
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