[Evolution] "Cannot initialize the Ximian shell" after "su"

[Gerald Champagne]

I did check the archive.  I saw that you posted a question on Dec 9
right here:

http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2001-December/015609.html

Your issue didn't sound the same.  My system works perfectly when I log
in as me.  It's only when my wife is logged in and I run Evolution from
a terminal after su'ing to my account.  It happens every time with 1.01.

Maybe I should have phrased it a little differently...

I just switched to a new install of Redhat 7.2 and updated everything
with Red Carpet.  Why can't I just open Evolution and have it "just
work" with the stable version of Evolution in Red Carpet?  If it doesn't
"just work" is that a bug worth filing?  I gave a very simple method of
reproducing the bug on a very common platform.

Thanks.

Gerald



On Wed, 2002-01-30 at 23:13, Andrew Green wrote:
> You really ought to visit the archive of the evolution list.  This has 
> been discussed heavily and solved by many.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> Gerald Champagne wrote:
> 
> >I'm running Evolution 1.01 and it does not want to start if you run it
> >after su'ing from someone else's account.  This is very reproducible by
> >doing the following:
> >
> >- Log in at gdm as someone else. (don't know if will do here)
> >- Open a terminal
> >- su - <your account>
> >- evolution&
> >
> >The command line shows:
> >
> >evolution-shell-WARNING **: Cannot access Bonobo/ConfigDatabase on
> >wombat: (IDL:
> >OAF/GeneralError:1.0)
> >
> >And a dialog appears saying:
> >
> >Cannot initialize the Ximian Evolution shell:  Configuration Database
> >not found
> >
> >If I run oaf-slay and then try again it works.  I searched Bugzilla
> >found bug 19329, but I'm not sure if what I found is the same thing.  Is
> >this a known issue or should I open another bug report?  Can anyone else
> >duplicate this?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Gerald
> >
> >
> >
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