On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Cliff Pratt <<a href="mailto:enkidu@cliffp.com">enkidu@cliffp.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Rob Collins wrote:<br>
> After converting my kubuntu 7.10 install to ubuntu gnome via apt-get<br>
> install ubuntu-desktop I am now thinking gnome has many more merits than<br>
> I used to think and am considering switching for good.<br>
><br>
> One problem though, for some mysterious reason, read access to root<br>
> folders is now disabled for all users unless i use sudo. ie, I cant<br>
> navigate to / without an error popping up saying something like "access<br>
> denied, you do not have rights to access /." This is a real p.i.t.a. as<br>
> amarok, my favourite music player (light years ahead of<br>
> i-restricted-tunes) relies on being able to read root in order catalogue<br>
> my music collection so now it too comes up with an error saying "no<br>
> access to /".<br>
><br>
</div>If amarok really needs read access to the root of the filesystem, it is<br>
seriously broken, IMO.</blockquote><div> </div><div>do you really keep any music outside of /home ?<br>
<br>
either way just go into amarok > settings > configure amarok > collection<br>
choose some more specific paths where your music is located. No need to have amarok scanning your entire file system<br> <br>Don<br></div></div><br>