Re: Update on broken KMail
Try running kmail from the command line and posting
your results on the list. You'll get more help that
way.
--- Bruce Miller <brmiller@rogers.com> wrote: > This
is an update --- copied to the Debian-KDE and
> Libranet lists ----
> on the problem that KMail does not load on one of
> the two Debian
> installations on this computer. The problem is
> buried more deeply
> than I can find it.
>
> Both installations are based on Libranet. The
> "production" install is
> less than one week old. I have not strayed from the
> stock Libranet
> configuration which strives to optimize recent
> applications with
> stability. KMail 1.5.4 works perfectly; it is where
> I am drafting
> this message.
>
> The "experimental" install is where I learn by trial
> and error.
> Without realizing what "backported to woody" would
> mean for a system
> tracking sid, I installed the Ralf Nolden debs from
> KDE.org on
> Tuesday. KDE 3.2 is every bit as good as its advance
> billing. In
> KMail 1.6, the colour coding of quoted and new text
> in messages
> revolutionizes message reading. However, I decided
> it was more
> prudent not to stay with the kde.org debs. I
> therefore removed them
> and reinstalled 3.1.5 from Debian sid. Later, I
> learned that Ben
> Burton and Chris Cheney have functional packages at
> people.debian.org. I installed them.
>
> Immediately upon replacing the Ralf Nolden kde.org
> debs with Debian
> sid, KMail 1.6 broke. The message is always the
> same: an error box
> that says "KDEInit could not launch 'kmail'".
>
> I followed advice and deleted as much as I dared to
> from ~/.kde but
> did not touch the config file .kderc. I doubt,
> however, the problem
> is in my home directory. These two Debian
> installations are on the
> same computer and use the same /home partition. I
> also *purged* all
> of KDE and installed yet again.
>
> I feel that I am flailing in the dark. While this is
> a problem that I
> have brought on myself, I would be grateful for any
> expert advice on
> finding it and squashing it. It is buried deeper
> than I can find.
>
>
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