Title: evolution on SuSe7.2
Subject: setup notes for evolution on SuSe7.2 could be easier

#  Ximian Gnome install solution for my SuSE 7.2 
#  These are the steps it took to fix my install.
#  You may find some useful things to check.

#  ERROR Evolution will not start.
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#  ERROR when launching evolution:
#  Cannot initialize the Ximian Evolution shell: Configuration Database not found
#  	
#  ERROR when using gnome windows:
#  Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate loadable module in module_path: "libraleigh.so",
#  evolution-shell-WARNING **: Cannot access Bonobo/ConfigDatabase on wombat: (IDL:Bonobo/Moniker/InterfaceNotFound:1.0)

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# Start out by fixing my path to run the commands:
export PATH=/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/gnome/sbin:$PATH
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#  Check where oafd is located
which oafd 
which evolution 
which evolution-mail 
whih  evolution-calendar
#	/opt/gnome/bin/oafd
#	/opt/gnome/bin/evolution
#	/opt/gnome/bin/evolution-mail
#	/opt/gnome/bin/evolution-calendar
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#  See if you have the  oaf diretory defigned 
oaf-sysconf --display-directories
#	--> mine was blank
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#  Set the oaf diretory
oaf-syslconf --add-directory=/opt/gnome/share/oaf
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#  See where the config file is located
oaf-sysconf --config-file-path
#	--> /etc/opt/gnome/oaf/oaf-config.xml
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reran the /var/cache/redcarpet/ 
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oaf-slay
#  it wants me to kill some processes.
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#  Try to add gnome to the kdm login window:
#  To get gnoe to appear in the kdm list of possible x-sessions, I had to edit
vi /opt/kde2/share/config/kdmrc  
	insert "gnome-session" into the line SessionTypes=
	Mine looks like this now:  SessionTypes=kde,windowmaker,enlightenment,blackbox,afterstep,amiwm,cdesim,ctwmfvwm1,fvwm2,fvwm95,icewm,mlvwm,mwm,olvwm,olwm,qvwm,scwm,wm2,twm,failsafe,gnome-session
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#Lots of people have had this problem.
   /usr/share/oaf/ does not contain many files.
   moving it, and making a link to the real oaf
 mv /usr/share/oaf /usr/share/oaf.old
 mv /usr/share/gnome /usr/share/gnome.old

 mv /usr/share/gnome /usr/share/gnome.old
 ln -s /opt/gnome /usr/share/gnome     
 ln -s /opt/gnome/share/oaf /usr/share/oaf     

PATH=/opt/gnome/bin:$PATH
killev; oaf-slay
	killing evolution-executive-summary
	killing evolution-ldif-importer
	killing evolution-calendar
	killing evolution-vcard-importer
	killing evolution-addressbook
	killing evolution-elm-importer
	killing evolution-netscape-importer
	killing evolution-gnomecard-importer
	killing wombat
	killing evolution-mail
	killing evolution-alarm-notify
	killing evolution
	killing evolution-evolution-importer
	killing gnome-gtkhtml-editor
	killing evolution-pine-importer

	The following processes are still running on the system.
	These processes will be terminated.

	NOTE:  Killing these processes may affect other applications
	on the system that use OAF and bonobo.
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# for all my smtp accounts I got an error when sending mail:
	"... support request authentication type PLAIN..."
# to fix this, I had to uncheck the "server requires authentication"
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# I had to make the directory MyPilot, and set the serial port (/dev/ttyS0)
# I had to stop the pilotd daemon, and then
#  Backup my system to the hard drive 
/opt/gnome/bin/pilot-xfer -b MyPilot
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