Re: Iceape

[Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Bret Busby wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, mess-mate wrote:
>
> > Bret Busby wrote:
> >
> > > In the last week, Debian etch (4.0) advised me that updates were
> > > available, the updates on a particular occasion, being Iceape.
> > >
> > > So, being a good linux user, I did the upgrade, to keep my system up
> > > to date, and as stable and secure as it can (reasonably) be.
> > >
> > > Now when using Iceape, each time any window is closed, such as sending
> > > an email message, or, closing a browser window, when more than one
> > > Iceape Window is open, it crashes Iceape, and everything open with
> > > Iceape, shuts down.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to reverse an "update", to get a more stable version of
> > > software?
> > >
> > > The Help -> About Iceape shows the version/build to be
> > > "Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US;
> > > rv:1.8.0.13pre) Gecko/20070505 Iceape/1.0.9
> > > (Debian-1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch1)"
> > >
> > > Synaptic, in the History, shows:
> > > "Commit Log for Mon Feb 25 12:07:58 2008
> > >
> > >
> > > Upgraded the following packages:
> > > iceape (1.0.11~pre071022-0etch1) to 1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch1
> > > iceape-browser (1.0.11~pre071022-0etch1) to 1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch1
> > > iceape-calendar (1.0.11~pre071022-0etch1) to 1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch1
> > > iceape-mailnews (1.0.11~pre071022-0etch1) to 1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch1
> > > "
> > >
> > > And Iceape is now unstable (should it belong in the version of Debian,
> > > named Sid ?).
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bret Busby
> > > Armadale
> > > West Australia
> > > ..............
> > >
> > > "So once you do know what the question actually is,
> > >  you'll know what the answer means."
> > > - Deep Thought,
> > >   Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
> > >   "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
> > >   A Trilogy In Four Parts",
> > >   written by Douglas Adams,
> > >   published by Pan Books, 1992
> > >
> > > ....................................................
> > Are you sure ?
> > The latest (etch) is version 1.5.0.14pre (20080208)
> > So is mine (etch)
>
> Synaptic shows what I have installed as I have listed above, to be the latest 
> available versions.
>
> I am trying Mozilla, to see how that works (I haven't used it, I think, since 
> installing Debian 4.0).
>
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............

Well, I installed Mozilla, and it disappeared! I cannot find it in the 
Applications menu's!

This is frustrating, when installing packages using Synaptic, hides the 
packages from use, when the applications do not show in the Applications 
menu's.

Surely, with Linux, we should not have to reboot, for an application to 
be included in the Application menu's?

I know that I have previously installed applications, and then they are 
lost, as they do not appear in the Applications menu's, even after 
rebooting.

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
  Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
  written by Douglas Adams,
  published by Pan Books, 1992

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