[ale] HOW2 enable "attachments" under Evolution ?

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Wed Apr 27 10:36:42 EDT 2005


1) Kill evolution
2) Open up an xterm
3) run command 'evolution' in xterm
4) Look for any error messages that may be of use.

On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 10:04, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> As always, thanks Keith.
> 
> Yes, I'm able to select which file to attach, but after clicking on it,
> nothing appears in the attachment window. I've tried this with vi
> created text files as well as screen output captured with >>.
> 
> Incidentally, I often edit an email in the reply window before sending
> and often wish to print it out for archiving but don't see any print
> capability under the reply window. Any way to do this ?
> 
> Appreciatively,
> 
> Courtney
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 00:34, Keith Hopkins wrote:
> > Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > > When I try to attach a file under Evolution's email, nothin' happens.
> > > 
> > > What's wrong ?
> > > 
> > > Thank you,
> > > Courtney
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi Courtney,
> > 
> >   Evo doesn't like your attachment?  At what point does 'nothing happen'?  Do you even get a file chooser to pick which file you want to attach?
> > 
> >   I'd suggest running Evo from the command line and see if it spits out any error messages to the console.
> > 
> >   You should probably try a evo --force-shutdown to kill the background daemons before starting it on the command line.
> > 
> >   If that doesn't reveal any errors, try running it from strace (slow, yes, but it should reveal what is really going on in the background).
> > 
> > --
> > Lost Downunder,
> >   Keith
> > 
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