Re: [Evolution] HELP! Evolution won't start anymore...

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>]

On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 13:40, Jens Lautenbacher wrote:
> Tony Earnshaw wrote:
>
> > tir, 2003-02-18 kl. 15:12 skrev guenther:
> >
> >  
> >
> > > > Yesterday I installed mozilla 1.3b and got the same error. The FAQ lists 
> > > > old version of mozilla-nspr as one of the reasons. I downgraded back to 
> > > > mozilla 1.0.x and problem went away.
> > > >      
> > > May I suggest installing mozilla 1.2.1 (latest stable)? ;-)
> > >
> > > Mozilla got huge speed improvements with version 1.1, so I would prefer
> > > that one.
> > >
> > > AFAIK the problems are with the beta mozilla (1.3b). No problems here
> > > with mozilla 1.2.1 downloaded from mozilla.org.
> > >    
> >
> > RH 7.2++++, Gnome 1.4, Evo 1.2.1
> >
> > I don't understand this bit of the thread. Last weekend I installed
> > Mozilla 1.3b, the .tar.gz version for Linux. Chose to install (as root)
> > in /opt, where I put all my stuff that could conflict with anything
> > else.
> >
> > No problems. All Mozilla 1.x libs are in /opt, all the old stuff in
> > /usr/lib, no conflicts. Why should there be? Are people installing rpms
> > or something?
> >
> >  
> yes. I have the xft 1.3b release RPMS for RH80 installed... I'll try 
> downgrading to check if they are the problem.
> Installing in /opt will be my next thing to do then, of course (maybe 
> the rpms are even relocatable). But first I want to see if my evolution 
> problem get's fixed.
>
>     jtl

IIRC, the problem is that some mozilla packages put the shared libraries
used by Evolution in directories that are neither in /etc/ld.so.conf nor
in $LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  Try adding /usr/lib/mozilla-1.3b (I think that's
the directory; you may want to double-check) to /etc/ld.so.conf and
running /sbin/ldconfig (as root).  If Evolution starts after that, then
you know what the problem was, and you should be able to continue using
the latest bleeding edge mozilla.  Keep note of this trick, as you'll
need to repeat something similar with each subsequent bleeding edge
mozilla.

-Mark Gordon