Re: Balsa 2.0.13 hanging on start up

[Pawel Salek <pawsa theochem kth se>]

On 2003.08.04 11:01, Tony Sequeira wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have just completed an LFS build, using mostly the latest software
> available for the GUI.  I have installed the Development version of
> GNOME, with versions available on the night of 30th June/early 1st
> August.
> 
> Balsa works on on invocation for the first time.  Thereafter it  
> hangs.
> 
> If I trash the local GNOME directories (including ~/mail) and restart
> it, it's OK again.  I'm not POPping anything, I leave that to
> fetchmail.  I'm checking my local mailbox every minute (or would be  
> if
> it was working).  I have searched the web and the balsa
> website/archives with no luck.  I found the problem with Redhat  
> pspell
> and applied it, but it does not help me.
> 
> Where should I start looking?  Any ideas?

This looks like typical "-lc before -lpthread" problem to me, there is  
a plenty of it in archives. Check out the output of ldd /usr/bin/balsa:  
-lpthread should be before -lc, otherwise wrong fork() routine is  
linked in.

pspell was known to have -lc in dep_libs variable in /usr/lib/ 
libpspell.la file, which lead to this problem.

Pawel