I tried changing and mixing latest versions of java-sun in the groupwise directory (/opt/novell/groupwise/client), both 32bit and 64bit, both 1.5.0 and 1.6.0.
I installed separately and not and in various combinations openmotif, openmotif22, libstdc++33 (both 32bit and 64bit).
No good news!
At the best, the Groupwise client starts, I can change the fonts in use, i can open mail, send mail, but I canāt take a look at the properties of mails, I canāt exit cleanly (need to kill -9 two instances if I want to reopen the client), and probably much more (i stopped testing, being the clean exit a must!).
Launching the client from command line, gives these messages:
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/lib64/libv4l/v4l2convert.so' from /etc/ld.so.preload cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ace@m2300:/opt/novell/groupwise/client/bin> Error: Failed to load /home/ace/.novell/groupwise/.webrenderer/linux/corecomponents/libgtksuperwin.so
Error: Failed to load /home/ace/.novell/groupwise/.webrenderer/linux/corecomponents/libgtkxtbin.so
Error: Failed to load /home/ace/.novell/groupwise/.webrenderer/linux/corecomponents/libgtkembedmoz.so
Error: Failed to load /home/ace/.novell/groupwise/.webrenderer/linux/corecomponents/libgtkxtbin.so
Error: Failed to load.
Exception in thread "ControlQueue" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: setMozPath
at com.webrenderer.linux.NativeMozillaLibrary.setMozPath(Native Method)
at com.webrenderer.linux.NativeMozillaLibrary.a(NativeMozillaLibrary.java)
at com.webrenderer.linux.k.task(k.java)
at com.webrenderer.linux.ControlQueue.run(ControlQueue.java)
Is there someone who really uses this client in an OpenSuse environment?
Thanks in advance if someone has some valid clues.
well gw 8 client is working fine under 11.1 i386 (to bad the backend is having some problems), do you have compiz ? I remember on 7.0.3 running 11.1 and compiz (had all kinds of issues, wa unbearable really) ended up running evolution with SOAP to connect to gw poa (better client anyways imho, pgp dont email without it )
Thanks Heremod,
Iām abroad now, so Iāll do some more work in April.
The link is surely helpfull (I use sPackman repository), but the error should not be blocking (I think itās a warning).
Regarding Compiz ā¦ bad news. I installed Opensuse 11.1 because of Compiz !!! (I want the bells and whistles ā¦).
What a pity, GroupWise 6.5 worked perfectly ā¦
Can Groupwise 8 client be used with Groupwise 7.0.3 server? I donāt think so, but iāll give it a try.
acez yeah I feel you their too , Im also running compiz fusion , like I said I ended up using soap with evolution to connect to gw.
afaik you can connect with the gw 8 client to a 7 backend you just cant use all the new features that come with the new client. Also I think there in Console One their is a setting to allow Version X of Clients to the backend . Dont Quote me on this Verbatim its been awhile since I have done any GW Administration stuff .
Now Iām quite happy with the webaccess interface of Groupwise 7.0.3.
Itās really better than before, even if not perfect. Great problems if you need to attach not only files but also e-mails, anyway at least i can work decently.
Thanks to you all, now Iām waiting for the upgrade to the 8.x version ā¦ (my organization will not upgrade so fast unfortunatelyā¦ ).
I installed e fresh SLED 11 in a virtualbox (Sun), just the minimum, selecting KDE and deselecting Gnome, upgraded completely at end of installation (regularly registered with Novell registration code, etc.), downloaded the last GW-7.0.3HP2 linux client, installed it with the āinstallā file provided (by the way, libstdc++.so.5 is a prerequisite, so got the libstd++33 rpm package).
So whatās up?
Everythingās OK (or so it says): got the icon on the desktop, click on it, entered the mail system, clicked on a mail (wow!), opened the mail, clicked on the āpropertiesā tab: GW client got FROZEN !!!
>:(>:(>:(
Clientās not for me ā¦ letās stay with the webaccess ā¦
:ā(
Bye, bye (Iāll look for something more on SLED forums, if something gets better, Iāll post a follow up)
thanks mother Novell 
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