Re: building 2.3.28

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 11/08/2009 02:44:00 PM Sun, MK wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:26:04 -0500
> Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net> wrote:
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> > That's a new one to me!  We've had several reports (and personal  
> > experiences!) of recent Xorg causing Balsa to crash, but not of Balsa  
> > causing Xorg to crash.  Are there any hints in, for instance,  
> > Xorg.?.log about the crashes?
>
> Could be.  Xorg.log does not disclose anything, perhaps I need to set  
> the debug level higher.  Generally it dumps this stuff to console and  
> there is a clear chain reaction (apps disappear one at a time suddenly)  
> but balsa (or gkrellm...) is always first, and it is my impression that  
> this does not happen when balsa is not running.

I'm guessing the console messages include "Fatal IO error 11 (Resource  
temporarily unavailable) on X server", which is what others and I have  
seen.

> Keep in mind, as I said, my environment is very "non-standard" and did  
> involve forcing some packages because the dependencies were source built  
> (and probably not the same way as the corresponding package) so there is  
> ample room for any number of complications.  Which that is my problem  
> more than yours!
>
> Anyway, for now I am trying out sylpheed (gasp! sorry...) as it has  
> fewer dependencies and was not intended for gnome integration, which is  
> something I neither want nor need.  But thanks for balsa, up to now it  
> has served me well for years!

I've no interest in starting a pissing match!  But...Balsa can be built  
with fewer dependencies than in the past.  It's even usable on Mac OS-X!   
In particular, it will build --without-gnome, and can use libunique to  
enforce single-instances, instead of the (soon to be?) deprecated  
BonoboActivation.

Just trying to be helpful...

Peter