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

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

Its easier using LD_LIBRARY_PATH to check this, fwiw.

But yeah, on irc this seems to have been the problem with mozilla
upgrades, simply a library path problem, which shows up if you run
wombat by itself i think.

On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 05:51, Mark Gordon wrote:
> 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
>
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