I see!! thx for your quick reply...but..Now I get a new error:P ~ $ mypaint confpath = /home/user/.mypaint/ /home/user/.mypaint/brushes/order_default.conf: Warning: brush appears twice in the same group, ignored /opt/mypaint/share/mypaint/brushes/order.conf: Warning: brush appears twice in the same group, ignored Merging upstream brush changes into your collection. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/mypaint/bin/mypaint", line 124, in <module> main.main(datapath, confpath) File "/opt/mypaint/share/mypaint/gui/main.py", line 27, in main app = application.Application(datapath, options.config, args) File "/opt/mypaint/share/mypaint/gui/application.py", line 50, in __init__ self.brushmanager = brushmanager.BrushManager(join(datapath, 'brushes'), join(confpath, 'brushes')) File "/opt/mypaint/share/mypaint/gui/brushmanager.py", line 43, in __init__ self.load_groups() File "/opt/mypaint/share/mypaint/gui/brushmanager.py", line 129, in load_groups self.save_brushorder() File "/opt/mypaint/share/mypaint/gui/brushmanager.py", line 162, in save_brushorder f = open(os.path.join(self.user_brushpath, 'order.conf'), 'w') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/user/.mypaint/brushes/order.conf' I have to add that I am a bit noobish deciphering these logs..