I have a number of applications (Evolution, Openoffice Writer & Calc, Firefox) that are popping up an error message when I close them, but the window snaps closed before I can read the message. The applications run fine as far as I can tell. I’m looking for suggestions on how to slow or pause the error message so I can figure out what’s going on.
sbeyerkc adjusted his/her AFDB on Tue 9 November 2010 00:06 to write:
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> I have a number of applications (Evolution, Openoffice Writer & Calc,
> Firefox) that are popping up an error message when I close them, but the
> window snaps closed before I can read the message. The applications run
> fine as far as I can tell. I’m looking for suggestions on how to slow
> or pause the error message so I can figure out what’s going on.
>
> (11.2, Gnome)
> Thanks in Advance
>
>
Anything in the log files?
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Mark
Caveat emptor
Nullus in verba
Nil illegitimi carborundum
yes, open a terminal (one way to do that is hold down Alt and press
F2, then type xterm and press enter) and start the application from
there, like just type “firefox”…and see if it complains when opened,
and then again when shutdown…if it does, copy paste that back to here…
Actually starting the progams from a terminal session is probably the best way to capture the messages.
Usually a program can be started in the terminal something like
I think Mailto in evolution hasn’t been defined.
And it looks like you’re using Network Security Services with Evolution and Firefox but it’s database isn’t shared.