Jason Day wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 12:06:36PM -0500, Donn L Washburn wrote:
>> I aalways install file in /usr/and not /usr/local. That is to
>> guarntee that the older files are over written so no old files and old
>> libs are not left around to confuse things. I correct any old links
>> (OO is any example). I do let ldconfig take care of libs. include
>> and manpages are placed in common places where SuSE put them.
>
> I think that's a bad idea. Sometimes filenames change in newer versions
> of packages, so the older files do not always get overwritten. Also, if
> you overwrite files that belong to a package that is installed on your
> system, your package manager may become confused; I hope you are at
> least removing the distribution-supplied package before installing a
> locally built one.
>
> At any rate, if you are convinced that all the library dependencies are
> installed correctly, I can only think of two things to try next. The
> first is to shutdown jpilot, then rename your ~/.jpilot directory.
> Start jpilot again and see if there is any improvement. If that works,
> it is likely that one of your databases has become corrupted.
>
> If that doesn't work, I would suggest using strace to help pinpoint
> where the error is occurring.
>
> Good luck,
> Jason
>
> P.S.
> Why not use the SuSE jpilot and pilot-link packages?
Well Jason;
Thanks for the replies by the way
SuSE is known to leave out features - good example is even on a fresh
load amarok fails with xine audio and xine will not even see a dvd movie.
I have already tried removing .jpilot and that fixes it for one time.
The next time up jpilot fails again.
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