[arch-general] Gnome - Nautilus and Evolution, Fresh Install

[Baho Utot]

Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:53 AM, Baho Utot <baho-utot at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>   
>> I have just completed a new install using the latest Install/Live CD 2009.02
>>
>> I followed the Beginners Guide (exactly :)  including the update.
>>
>> I continued until I finished with install Xorg and Gnome.
>>
>> After setting up .xinitrc to run Gnome I issued a startx to start Xorg and
>> Gnome.
>>
>> 1.    When clicking the "Users home dir icon" to launch Nautilus and
>> browsing to test it, I then clicked the "X" to stop the app from running (
>> upper right on the window ) Nautilus crashed and Gnome restarted, cleared
>> the desktop (refreshed) and  generated a bug report to be set to gnome.org
>> (via bug buddy).
>>     
>
> I have personally not had that problem.  What architecture are you on?
>   

i686.  It is an old AMD 2500+ with 2G RAM
>   
>> 2.    After installing Evolution ans running the app I made some errors when
>> I initially set it up for my imap server.  Clicking/running from the
>> Edit->Preferences menu caused evolution to crash  and generating a bug
>> report.   I can not use the Edit->Preferences menu at all, making the
>> evolution installation worthless as I can not change any settings.
>>     
>
> This is likely to be an evolution problem rather than a general Gnome
> problem.  In my experience evolution is, unfortunately, broken on many
> distros.
>
>   
>> How stable is Gnome on Arch Linux?
>>     
>
> I've been using it since I installed Arch and have had no stability
> issues with it.
>
> /M
>
>   


Ok Thanks