Evolution 1.4.6 attachment error

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 11:02, Damon Butler wrote:
> After some experimentation by a coworker, we've discovered that the
> attachment icons for Evolution will show up ... but only if you're
> running the Gnome desktop environment. In Gnome, Evololution just works.
> Outside of Gnome, this does not appear to be the case. For reference, I
> employ Fluxbox, and though my Gnome ports lists is complete, I can't see
> my attachments.

That's because GNOME runs g-s-d behind the scenes.

Joe

> --Damon
> 
> On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 12:03, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 13:00, Damon Butler wrote:
> > > > Make sure you have the latest versions of all dependent ports
> > > > installed.  It would be best to do a portupgrade -ra to insure that. 
> > > > After that, you may have to install gnomecontrolcenter2, and run
> > > > /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon if you're not using the GNOME
> > > > desktop.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for responding. I'm pretty certain I've got the latest versions
> > > of all the dependent ports because just a few days ago I ran the Gnome
> > > 2.6 update script from http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq26.html. The
> > > script completed 100% successfully on my system.
> > > Also, gnomecontrolcenter2 is already installed.
> > > I am NOT running the Gnome desktop, so I tried running the
> > > gnome-settings-daemon, but all it does it screw up the rest of my X
> > > preferences and choke up a terminal window, apparently dying. Here's the
> > > output the daemon spits out before I am forced to kill it:
> > 
> > Please do not remove the list from the CC list.
> > 
> > > 
> > > ==========
> > > (%:~)- /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon 
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Unexpected error in
> > > waitpid() (No            child processes)
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Command xrdb -merge failed
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Unexpected error in
> > > waitpid() (No            child processes)
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Command xrdb -merge failed
> > > xscreensaver: 11:57:27: already running on display :0.0 (window
> > > 0x400001)
> > >  from process 50810 (damon at kermit.hddesign.com).
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Unexpected error in
> > > waitpid() (No            child processes)
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Command xrdb -merge failed
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Unexpected error in
> > > waitpid() (No            child processes)
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Command xrdb -merge failed
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Unexpected error in
> > > waitpid() (No            child processes)
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Command xrdb -merge failed
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Unexpected error in
> > > waitpid() (No            child processes)
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Command xrdb -merge failed
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Unexpected error in
> > > waitpid() (No            child processes)
> > > 
> > > ** (gnome-settings-daemon:50878): WARNING **: Command xrdb -merge failed
> > > ==========
> > 
> > This is normal for g-s-d when run manually.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your help so far.
> > > --Damon
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 11:02, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 10:39, Damon Butler wrote:
> > > > > I just built the mail/evolution port (version evolution-1.4.6_1), and
> > > > > there's a problem whenever I attach a file to an e-mail: No icon appears
> > > > > in the attachments pane. This means I can't see what files I've
> > > > > attached, nor can I manipulate attached files (e.g., remove them). Files
> > > > > I have attached do travel with the e-mail as expected, however.
> > > > 
> > > > Make sure you have the latest versions of all dependent ports
> > > > installed.  It would be best to do a portupgrade -ra to insure that. 
> > > > After that, you may have to install gnomecontrolcenter2, and run
> > > > /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon if you're not using the GNOME
> > > > desktop.
> > > > 
> > > > Joe
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hoping you can help,
> > > > > Damon Butler
> > > > > damon at hddesign.com
> > > > > 
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