Apps starting in Offline mode

[C M Reinehr]

On Saturday 01 March 2008 13:18, Ken Moffat wrote:
> > Ken,
> >
> > My first thoughts would be to "round up the usual suspects." Since it's a
> > new
> > install with an existing home directory, did you create your new user &
> > group
> > id's to match those previously existing (not just the names but the
> > underlying id numbers.)? Have you tried deleting the local/home
> > configuration
> > files and forced the app's to create new ones from scratch?
>
> I tried another user, which works fine.
> The users id's match.
> It is evolution, swiftfox, and epiphany that open in offline mode for the
> one user, which is my main user.
> I am running debian testing with gnome.
> I'm not sure what to delete that will effect the problem apps, but no
> others. I will try xfce to see if the problem is universal.
>
> Thanks for the answer,
> ken

Ken,

If another user works fine then it's almost certainly a problem with a 
configuration file in the home directory for the user in question. I would do 
a `ls -al` to try and identify the configuration file or directory. I'm not 
familiar with the applications in question but it seems curious that three 
app's would behave in the same fashion while others, work normally. It would 
seem that they have some configuration file in common. (I think you'll find 
the configuration files for firefox in the .mozilla directory.)

Cheers!

cmr

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