Re: [Evolution] Evolution search-bar problem

[Ludek Safar <lsafar suse cz>]

Seth, don't forgot to set the right owner (you as user) when copying as
root. IMHO there's no point to copy the file as root, it should be
widely readable.

L.


V Út, 24. 02. 2004 v 03:20, Jeffrey Stedfast píše:
> replace $prefix with whatever base path evolution is installed to (on
> most distros it is /usr, but SuSE uses /opt/gnome or some such)
>
> Jeff
>
> On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 20:01, Seth Williamson wrote:
> > Hey Jeff:
> >
> > I did what you suggested as root and got what I paste below--any idea
> > what's going on?
> >
> > Seth
> >
> > root lib281:/home/seth# cp
> > $prefix/share/evolution/1.4/default_user/searches.xml ~/evolution
> > cp: cannot stat `/share/evolution/1.4/default_user/searches.xml': No
> > such file or directory
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sounds like your installation got horked.
> >
> > cp $prefix/share/evolution/1.4/default_user/searches.xml ~/evolution/
> >
> > That should fix it.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 08:30, Seth Williamson wrote:
> >
> > I am using Evolution 1.4.5 in a Libranet distro, version 2.8.1.
> > Libranet is a Debian-based distro.
> >
> > In both this version and the 1.4.3 on this same distro, the search bar
> > above the message list is displaying incorrectly.  It may be because
> > I've changed some display option, but if that's the case, I can't tell
> > what it is.
> >
> > I used to be able to type in a search string in the text-entry area,
> > then choose from the drop-down menu to search for that string in the
> > body of the message, the TO field or the FROM field or whatever.  You
> > would then see all messages that contained that search string.
> >
> > Now, I am getting the word "advanced" in the drop-down menu.  There are
> > no other choices, and the drop-down menu doesn't drop down.  I'm unable
> > to change it to a given search field, such as TO or FROM or MESSAGE BODY
> > or whatever, and I can't type any text in the bar above the message
> > list.
> >
> > I am trying to discover whether this is a general problem with Evolution
> > or whether it's just my installation.  Apparently at least some others
> > in Libranet are seeing it display the way it used to.  I greatly miss
> > the ability to search messages in the old way, and would like to find
> > out what's going on here.
> >
> >
> > Seth Williamson
> >
> >
> > Sounds like your installation got horked.
> >
> > cp $prefix/share/evolution/1.4/default_user/searches.xml ~/evolution/
> >
> > That should fix it.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 08:30, Seth Williamson wrote:
> >
> > I am using Evolution 1.4.5 in a Libranet distro, version 2.8.1.
> > Libranet is a Debian-based distro.
> >
> > In both this version and the 1.4.3 on this same distro, the search bar
> > above the message list is displaying incorrectly.  It may be because
> > I've changed some display option, but if that's the case, I can't tell
> > what it is.
> >
> > I used to be able to type in a search string in the text-entry area,
> > then choose from the drop-down menu to search for that string in the
> > body of the message, the TO field or the FROM field or whatever.  You
> > would then see all messages that contained that search string.
> >
> > Now, I am getting the word "advanced" in the drop-down menu.  There are
> > no other choices, and the drop-down menu doesn't drop down.  I'm unable
> > to change it to a given search field, such as TO or FROM or MESSAGE BODY
> > or whatever, and I can't type any text in the bar above the message
> > list.
> >
> > I am trying to discover whether this is a general problem with Evolution
> > or whether it's just my installation.  Apparently at least some others
> > in Libranet are seeing it display the way it used to.  I greatly miss
> > the ability to search messages in the old way, and would like to find
> > out what's going on here.
> >
> >
> > Seth Williamson
> >
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