nds wrote: > > Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > Oscar wrote: > > > >>El jue, 17-01-2002 a las 06:51, Ric Tibbetts escribi�: > >> > >>>Salvatore Enrico Indiogine wrote: > >>> > >>>>Greetings! > >>>> > >>>>Each time I try to print an email from Evolution 1.0.1 the mail > >>>>component crashes. > >>>> > >>>>Anyone else ran into this problem? > >>>> > >>>Bigger question: > >>>How did you get it installed? I tried to update mine (I currently have > >>>1.0 installed), and it failed on a dependancy to libgal19. I couldn't > >>>find it on the Cooker site. > >>> > >>You must upgrade libgal19-0.19-2mdk.i586.rpm (It's in the cooker site). > >>But I don't recommend it to you. Indeed, I installed the 1.0.1 version > >>and the mail component crashes when I tried to print. > >>Now I'm with 1.0 version and I'm happy (I only must type the password > >>from time to time because the program does not remember it, but... it > >>prints...) > >>Saludos > >>�scar. > >> > > > > Thanks Oscar! > > > > <rant> > > I have to comment, that your reply brings up my single largest complaint > > about Linux installations: Inconsistancy. > > I've been a Unix admin for a long time. Done a lot of server builds ( I > > do enterprise server administration, not desktop ), with AIX, and HP-UX, > > and never suffered this kind of inconsistancy. I realize that it's > > harder to write for the PC environment, because of the huge variations > > in hardware, but: > > > > As an example: > > The first time I loaded 8.1 (on this box), I had problems with the > > sound. I had to configure the sound card "every time I rebooted the > > machine". Then, a week or so ago, I needed to re-load the box. Now the > > sound card works just fine. Why? Why did it not work before, and it does > > work now? I've had other similar inconsistancies, but they have slipped > > my mind at the moment. > > > > Why am I bringing this up? > > Well... > > On my previous build, Evolution would not remember passwords (just as > > you've described). But on THIS build, it does! What's different? > > Nothing. It's just not consistant, and it should be. A box shouldn't > > change behaviour dramatically, when you re-load the same OS, from the > > same CDs. > > > > Just a personal sore point with Linux. I see a lot of it on these lists, > > and soem of it I write off as operator differences. Very often the human > > element gets involved in the install. Different people do the install, > > and get different results. "Some" of that I can understand. But not to > > the extent that I see it, and not on the same box, installed by the same > > person... > > One of my favorite inconsistancies is "Tuxracer". For "some" people, it > > works just great, and for others it doesn't. And there seems to be no > > rational explanation for why. For many of the folks for whom it doesn't > > work, it has fired right up when run as root, but fails when run as a > > normal user. (I'm one of those). Nobody seems to know why. > > > > Consistancy is not too much to ask for is it? > > </rant> > > > > However, getting back to the topic at hand. > > > > I'm willing to risk the "upgrade" to 1.0.1 printing problem. Since my > > password problem seems to have gone away, maybe the printing will work > > to. :) It's worth a try. More likely, I'll get the printing problem, and > > then loose my passwords when I go back down to 1.0 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > Does Chromium work for you also? If it doesn't chances are you are > missing a config file for openal in your home directory. Try this fix > and let me know if it works: > > create file .openalrc and be sure to not forget the "."! > > touch .openalrc > > edit the file and input this one line: > > vi .openalrc > > (define native-use-select #f) > > and be sure to not forget the parenthesis! HTH > > altoine
thanks. yeah, chromium works. -- Ric Tibbetts Linux registration number: 55684 If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to http://counter.li.org/
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