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 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/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 > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
