Well, I'm at a loss. Sounds like your system is borked and I have no idea how to fix it.
Did you force install some of the packages or anything? Looks like bonobo-activation-server can't find stuff it is looking for. Jeff On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 20:32, Phyt O Men wrote: > O.K. I did as you said... > > I logged out, then CTRL-ALT-F1 and logged in console mode. There was nothing > in /tmp/orbit-root or /tmp/orbit-$USER (because I already deleted the stuff > before logging out). I also ran bonobo-slay. Then I logged back in and tried > to start evolution. ***No Change*** I also rebooted and tried again with no > change. > > So to recap: > > When starting evolution from a console in KDE3.2.1 I get an error: > > (Killing of version of Wombat...) ** (evolutionL5156): WARNING **: Extremely > strange, strange object directories (0)registered with the activation context > > and an error window that says: > > Cannot access the Ximian Evolution shell. > > I have recently rebuilt and installed KDE3.2.1 from source and the > evolution-1.4.6 rpms for Redhat 9 and I have a custom 2.4.25 kernel that I > built. > > Help?? > > Phyt-o > > > >===== Original Message From Jeffrey Stedfast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== > >On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 14:00 -0500, Phyt O Men wrote: > > > > > >> Wouldn't restarting the machine also take care of whatever bonobo-slay > does? > > > > > >yes, but you didn't say that before :-) > > > >logout of your user account, then Ctrl-Alt-F1 and login at the console. > >then `rm -rf /tmp/orbit-$USER`, then you should be able to log back into > >the GUI (X + GNOME or KDE or whatever it is you run). Starting Evolution > >will probably work after that. I hope. > > > >Jeff > > > > > >> > >> Phytoman > >> > >> >===== Original Message From Jeffrey Stedfast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== > >> >I think the solution is to run `bonobo-slay` and then try to start up > >> >evolution. somehow your bonobo-activation-server got fouled up. > >> > > >> >Jeff > >> > > >> >On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 12:23 -0500, Phyt O Men wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> >> I'm sorry about multiple posts on this but my original e-mail source is > >> having > >> >> problems and messages are either not going through or are bouncing. > >> >> > >> >> <!------ begin original posting -------> > >> >> > >> >> I upgraded my Redhat 9 rpms to: > >> >> > >> >> evolution-1.4.6-0.ximian.6.5.i386.rpm > >> >> gtkhtml3.0-3.0.10-0.ximian.6.1.i386.rpm > >> >> gtkhtml3.0-devel-3.0.10-0.ximian.6.1.i386.rpm > >> >> libgal2.0_6-1.99.11-0.ximian.6.1.i386.rpm > >> >> libgal2.0-devel-1.99.11-0.ximian.6.1.i386.rpm > >> >> libgtkhtml3.0_4-3.0.10-0.ximian.6.1.i386.rpm > >> >> > >> >> but I still get an error window when I execute the application that > >> >> says > >> >> "Cannot access the Ximian Evolution shell." > >> >> > >> >> When I execute the application in a terminal, I get the window plus the > >> >> terminal output: > >> >> > >> >> (Killing of version of Wombat...) > >> >> > >> >> ** (evolutionL5156): WARNING **: Extremely strange, strange object > >> >> directories (0)registered with the activation context > >> >> > >> >> Help????!!! > >> >> > >> >> JOB > >> >> > >> >> --=-XZEGD9qfRwo051SuITqR > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain > >> >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >> >> > >> >> hi, > >> >> > >> >> no idea so far, could be a few reasons why evo does not run. > >> >> please run evolution from terminal/console and post the entire output. > >> >> > >> >> cheers, > >> >> andre > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | failed! > >> >> http://www.iomc.de > >> >> > >> >> --=-XZEGD9qfRwo051SuITqR > >> >> Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc > >> >> Content-Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil > >> >> > >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-------=-XZEGD9qfRwo051SuITqR > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain > >> >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >> >> > >> >> hi, > >> >> > >> >> no idea so far, could be a few reasons why evo does not run. > >> >> please run evolution from terminal/console and post the entire output. > >> >> > >> >> cheers, > >> >> andre > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | failed! > >> >> http://www.iomc.de > >> >> > >> >> --=-XZEGD9qfRwo051SuITqR > >> >> Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc > >> >> Content-Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil > >> >> > >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> >> Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > >> >> > >> >> iD8DBQBAVHqqUZw3dUr5LoARAnQZAKCOTPOAZcsdkbAPTKD+4/MX8mzkcwCgmDTu > >> >> GCqXKFoZKMBG4DMG0j4lYVA�t8 > >> >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> >> > >> >> --=-XZEGD9qfRwo051SuITqR-- > >> >> Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > >> >> > >> >> iD8DBQBAVHqqUZw3dUr5LoARAnQZAKCOTPOAZcsdkbAPTKD+4/MX8mzkcwCgmDTu > >> >> GCqXKFoZKMBG4DMG0j4lYVA�t8 > >> >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> >> > >> >> --=-XZEGD9qfRwo051SuITqR-- > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. 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