I just fixed an issue with a login loop, using this solution. So now I can log into my account again, but the home directory looks empty. I can see my old folders (Documents, Pictures, PycharmProjects etc) when I do cd /home/tmp/ && ls, but the folders don't appear graphically in my file system nor in /home/ when I try to list them. I tried moving them from tmp to home and I tried copying, but they remain invisible. How do I get the normal filesystem back? I'd rather not fix this by trial and error, that's why I ask it here.
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 with a 5.3.0-28-generic kernel on a Dell Vostro 5590 laptop (only a few months old). It's not dual booted, I removed Windows.
Cheers!
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gedit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs It should look like this:
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos" Logout and log in again. They should become visible. But make sure these folders exist in your ~/ folder. That is:
$ ls ~/ Desktop Downloads Documents Music Public Pictures Videos Templates If you do not see these folders in your user's directory, then
- create them manually
- edit
user-dirs.dirsfile - copy files
cp -fr /home/tmp/Documents/* /home/youruser/Documents/ - Change ownership if required:
chown -R /home/youruser/Documents - logout/login and check if Documents folder appeared.
- repeat for the rest folders
