Just to follow up on this item: I have downloaded the 1.2.4.1 rpm and updated both machines - problem is fixed and everything looks good.
Thanks to all, Mike >At 11:49 AM 12/30/05 -0500, you wrote: > >On Friday 30 December 2005 11:37, Mike Carra/Ruth Hendrick wrote: > > > Hi - > > > We are transitioning from Win2K/InDesign to Linux/Scribus and have hit a > > > couple of problems, the most serious being a missing > Settings->preferences > > > dialog - nothing happens when it's clicked, although the other selections > > > under Settings work. Starting Scribus from a terminal window gives a > > > "Plug-in not found" message when Settings->preferences is clicked. What > > > plug-in am I missing, and where do I look for it? > > > > > > Background: We have two installations (both doing the same thing) - > one is > > > a dual-boot Win2K/Suse 10.0 with 10.0 applied as an upgrade over 9.1, the > > > other a new machine being set us as a dual-boot Win2K/Suse 10.0 - > Suse was > > > installed fresh from DVD. The original Scribus install was 1.2.2.1 from > > > the Suse DVD, but was removed (via Yast) and Peter's pre-compiled rpm of > > > 1.2.3 for Suse 10.0 installed via rpm. This was done to fix a > no-print, no > > > pdf output problem previously discussed in the mailing > lists. Help->about > > > gives Scribus 1.2.3, 12 September 2005, C-C-T. > > > > > > BTW, I haven't been able to find a Scribus log file in /var/log or > /usr/ - > > > am I missing the obvious? I'm relatively new to Linux, so you might have > > > to be explicit. > > > > > > >Any output would be in the terminal or your .xsession-errors log under the > >current home directory. > >Starting from a terminal and monitoring .xsession-errors with tail -f shows >no errors from Scribus - X did complain about some other things (mainly >missing fonts) when it started, but nothing when Scribus starts or is >used. The terminal reports only the "Can't find Plug-in" error when >Settings->preferences is clicked, nothing else. (I mis-quoted the error >message earlier - sorry.) > > > >Which machine has the no preferences issue ? the upgraded one or the done > >installed from DVD ? > >Both machines have identical behavior. > > > >After the new years is over we will be releasing 1.2.4 and certainly I will > >have Suse 10.0 rpms available. > >O.K., thanks, and have a good holiday. >Mike > > > >Cheers, > >Peter > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Mike > > >
