Evolution 1.4.6 attachment error

[Damon Butler]

Thanks for your help, Joe and Mike. Calling g-s-d from .xinitrc was what
I needed to do.

> I don't know if there's a way to tell
> the g-s-d "I don't use GNOME, so don't touch these things".

Boy, that'd be nice. I can't make GNOME accelerate my mouse to the level
I desire and am used to. Hurm. Keep nice icons in Evolution, or maintain
mouse control the way I want it?... :-{

Best regards,
--Damon

On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 10:45, Mike Patterson wrote:
> 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.
> 
> As Joe said, you may need to run the gnome-settings-daemon.  I found the
> same thing you did til I put
> /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon &
> into my .xinitrc.  (I use WindowMaker.)
> 
> I found that doing this overrides my WindowMaker settings for things
> like mouse control and my desktop background.  Setting those in
> gnome-control-center "fixed" it.  I don't know if there's a way to tell
> the g-s-d "I don't use GNOME, so don't touch these things".
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Mike