Is bonobo-conf installed? That's the piece that contains the configuration database file it's complaining about.
Dan On Tue, 2001-10-02 at 23:17, mwr4722 wrote: > I made a bonehead mistake (to make a long story short): > > % rm -f /usr/share/oaf/*.oaf > > Now whenever I try to start Evolution I get the dreaded: > > Cannot initialize the Ximian Evolution shell: Configuration Database not found > > On the command line I see: > > evolution-shell-WARNING **: Cannot access Bonobo/ConfigDatabase on > wombat: (IDL:OAF/GeneralError:1.0) > > So, I uninstalled Evolution and all of Ximian Gnome from my Debian Potato > system and reinstalled. Still no luck. Is there some kind of > configuration script I need to run now? > > I found the knowledge base article: > > >http://support.ximian.com/cgi-bin/ximian.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=GzRsdoYf&p_lva=&p_refno=010724-000005&p_created=996019414&p_sp=cF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTc1JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li= > > And following the instructions there: > > Possible Cause #1: Checking the Path > > % env | grep PATH > PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games > > % which oafd evolution evolution-mail evolution-calendar > /usr/bin/oafd > /usr/bin/evolution > /usr/bin/evolution-mail > /usr/bin/evolution-calendar > > [After unsuccessfully running evolution:] > % ps aux | grep oaf > matt 1674 0.0 3.9 2984 1832 ? S 13:34 0:00 oafd --ac-activate >--ior-output-fd=9 > > > Possible Cause #2: Broken Bonobo > > % strings `which oafd` | grep /oaf$ > /usr/share/oaf > > % cd /usr/share/oaf > % ls -l GNOME_Evolution_*.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32036 Sep 22 12:15 >GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7487 Sep 22 12:15 >GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_SelectNames.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5500 Sep 22 12:15 >GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_VCard_Importer.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27926 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Calendar.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5812 Sep 22 12:15 >GNOME_Evolution_Calendar_AlarmNotify.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 585 Sep 22 12:15 >GNOME_Evolution_Elm_Intelligent_Importer.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 607 Sep 22 12:15 >GNOME_Evolution_GnomeCard_Intelligent_Importer.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23438 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Mail.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5349 Sep 22 12:15 >GNOME_Evolution_Mail_Mbox_Importer.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5792 Sep 22 12:15 >GNOME_Evolution_Mail_Outlook_Importer.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 605 Sep 22 12:15 >GNOME_Evolution_Netscape_Intelligent_Importer.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 589 Sep 22 12:15 >GNOME_Evolution_Pine_Intelligent_Importer.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2593 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Shell.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2716 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Summary.oaf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8227 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Wombat.oaf > > Thanks for any help you can give. > > Matt > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
