[wellylug] Ubuntu Evolution Problem

[Ian Sterling]

Ermmm....  Yeah, I've figured out my confusion.

The quick and dirty would be to add

/usr/lib/firefox

to

/etc/ld.so.conf

and run ldconfig...

--Ian...

On 3/2/07, Ian Sterling <xyverz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jethro,
>
> The only thing I have to add to your post is that there's another way
> around... Why not edit ld.so.conf?  I see that debian/ubuntu is a bit
> different today than they were a while back, but why not just add
> /usr/lib/firefox to /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i486-linux-gnu and run ldconfig?
>  That's a bit of a hack, but a more permanent way to do it, and
> firefox will be able to run again afterward without having to keep a
> term window open...
>
> Or is it a bit different than that these days?  It's been a while
> since I've mucked with ld.so.conf...
>
> --Ian...
>
> On 3/2/07, Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> wrote:
> > Jethro Carr wrote:
> > > hi all,
> > >
> > > If you use Ubuntu 6.06 (possibly 5.10 might also be affected) and use
> > > Evolution, read this:
> > > https://www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog:20070302
> > >
> > Well that was fun: I got an error when I tried to view Jethro's link,
> > something about FF not sending a legit request to the server. Or
> > something - it's gone now. So I was just about to dash off a response to
> > Jethro, but thought 'Hang on a minute!'. So I went to some other https
> > sites and bingo! None of them worked. Restarted my proxy. Restarted the
> > browser. Nothing! Then I noticed that a FF package was due for download.
> > I'm pretty sure that I had one yesterday, so this was suspicious.
> > Downloaded and install the FF package, restarted it, and it worked!!!
> >
> >
> > So there may be a bum FF package out there....
> >
> > BTW I use Ubuntu 6.06.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Cliff
> >
> >
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