Odd. I had this error too, and cant remember what I had to do to fix it. Try running Evolution as a different user. If I recall right, it had something to do with permissions.
-- Arthur H. Johnson II, Debian GNU/Linux Advocate Catechist, St John Catholic Church, Davison MI USA President, Genesee County Linux Users Group IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],#debian YIM: arthurjohnson AIM: bytor4232 ICQ: 31770438 On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, jfcarvajal wrote: > With no ximian package at all, The one from testing doesn`t work for me, > always complains about > Cannot initialize the Evolution shell.", I have no clue after following the > recomendations in Ximian Knowledge Base > > > > -----Mensaje original----- > > De: Arthur H. Johnson II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Enviado el: martes, 25 de junio de 2002 17:25 > > Para: jfcarvajal > > CC: Debian-User (E-mail) > > Asunto: Re: Woody+ Ximian + Evolution > > > > > > > > Why do you need to use the Debs from Ximian?? Evolution is > > pretty recent > > in Testing. > > > > -- > > Arthur H. Johnson II, Debian GNU/Linux Advocate > > Catechist, St John Catholic Church, Davison MI USA > > President, Genesee County Linux Users Group > > > > IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],#debian > > YIM: arthurjohnson > > AIM: bytor4232 > > ICQ: 31770438 > > > > On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, jfcarvajal wrote: > > > > > Hi All! > > > > > > > > > I know that Ximian is supported only for potato buy I have > > been trying to > > > install Ximian and Evolution on Woody with no success and a > > lot of effort > > > and time waste. I have read > > > > > > I have tried the following: > > > 1) Woody Gnome 1.4 + Evolution ->: Always says cannot find > > the Database > > > Shell" > > > 2) Woody + sources.list for ximian stable ( potato) ->: A mess > > > 3) Woody + Ximian for woody downloaded via ftp in a local > > dir and then > > > install makeing dpkg --unpack -R and dpkg -f install ->: > > This install Ximian > > > but not evolution. When i tried to install it with dselect > > a lot of packages > > > got deinstalled and and evolutions says the same error > > messages as in 1. > > > Basically sawfish doesn`t work so when I start the desktop > > it complains > > > about not having a proper window manager. > > > 4) I have followed the FAQ at Ximian for the error in 1 but > > Ican realize > > > what the problem is, everything seems Ok to me. > > > > > > does any one know how to install Ximan + evolution on woody > > in a stable or > > > less prune to errors way ? is it possible? > > > is there any need to point to unstable (sid) to make > > ximian /evolution > > > work? > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
