[wellylug] Ubuntu Evolution Problem

[Jethro Carr]

yes, that would work.

But, since the fix would be released soon, I just suggested the method I
posted.

BTW: Ubuntu has now released updates for firefox, that fix this issue. 


On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 13:49 -0800, Ian Sterling wrote:
> 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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> >
> 
> 
-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
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