• When you log in to the Java Desktop System after rebooting your system, your panel might crash and restart immediately.

• User preferences set up in your home account for the GNOME 2.0.x Desktop for the Solaris™ Operating Environment might not be fully compatible with the GNOME 2.2 Desktop on the Java Desktop System.

• If you are using a modem for your network connection, and you require a dial up PPP connection, use the Linux PPP dialer command utility wvdial.

• If you try to open a document from an NFS or Samba mounted directory, the File Manager displays an error if the application owning the document cannot handle a filename argument passed as a URL

  For example, StarOffice™, OpenOffice, vi, acroread, and ggv applications cannot handle URLs, therefore the File Manager encounters errors when opening NFS files with these applications.

  The same problem arises for files on Samba (SMB) mounted directories. To open such files, first copy them to a local directory, in other words, not a Samba or NFS directory.

• Issues with Sound Recorder:

  • The slide bar and time counter do not work when recording a new .wav file. There is no indication that a recording is taking place.

  • You cannot play a .wav file more than once in the same instance of Sound Recorder. You must open another instance of Sound Recorder and play the .wav file as a workaround.

• If you log in to a Java Desktop System from a Sun Ray™ client or Solaris machine, each time you press the L key on your keyboard, a back space is inserted. There are two possible workarounds as follows:

  • After you log in to the Java Desktop System, use the xmodmap command to redefine the L key.

  • Log in to the Java Desktop System as root and remove the /etc/X11/Xmodmap file.

• Some Red Hat Package Managers (RPMs) might not recognize the underlying Linux release on your machine. If you attempt to install these RPM files on your system, the installation might fail. RPMs require a specific Linux version in /etc/SuSE-release for the installation to succeed on your system. A workaround is to change to a version of Linux that the RPM recognizes, for example SuSE Linux 8.1 (i386) Version=8.1.

• The Clock applet takes the time from the system clock which in turn takes the time from the hardware clock. However, when you shut down your PC, the time for the hardware clock is not synchronized with the time that is set for the system clock.

  You can change the system clock time by executing the date command as root in a terminal. If you set the time for the system clock using the date command, the time is not set for the hardware clock. Each time you reboot your system, the time displayed by the Clock applet displays the time set by the hardware clock regardless of what you previously set using the date command. If the time for the hardware clock is wrong, then each time you reboot your system, the time for the Clock applet is also wrong.

  You can change the time for the hardware clock in the following ways:

  • Enter the BIOS setup and change the time directly.

  • Use the /sbin/hwclock utility, which is an unsupported application.

  See How to Set the Time for more information about setting the time on your Java Desktop System.

• In the YaST2 setup tool, you can set the time zone for the system clock in the following way:

  1. Start YaST2.

  2. Click System in the left pane.

  3. Click Select time zone in the right pane.

  This procedure also enables you to select between UTC, which is the same as GMT, and Local Time from a menu at the bottom of the screen. A disparity arises if you select UTC, and if Local Time is set to British Summer Time Settings. In this case, the system clock time is always set 1 hour ahead of local time.

Help 

• This release of the Java Desktop System includes applications that have Help manuals taken from the GNOME free software community. Sun Microsystems does not take any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of these Help manuals.

Localization 

• This release of the Java Desktop System includes many localized versions of applications that are taken from the GNOME community. Sun Microsystems does not take any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of these localizations.

• When you translate words with Japanese IME, canna and kinput2, you cannot reverse the color of the translated words in the Preedit area.

• Evolution has an option for setting the character set of a composed mail. To access this option, choose Tools -> Settings -> Composer Preference -> General.

  The selected character set is applied only to the body of the composed mail text. The character set is not applied to the Subject field or to the filename of any attachments. Evolution uses a different codeset detection mechanism for the Subject field and attachment filename.

  For example, if you set the Composer Preferences character set to UTF-8, and send mail using ISO-8859-1 characters, the Subject field is encoded by the ISO-8859-1 character set and the body of the mail text is encoded by the UTF-8 character set. Many popular mail clients are not able to handle encodings such as ISO-8859-1 and ISO-8859-15 and the text displayed in the Subject field is corrupted.

  A workaround is to use mail clients which can recognize all the MIME character sets.

• In Japanese locales, Evolution sends mail in UTF-8 format by default. To send email in ISO-2022-JP encodings in Japanese locales, you must change the character set to ISO-2022–JP in Tools -> Settings -> Composer Preference -> General.

• Most of the GNOME Desktop user interface messages are not yet localized in the Hong Kong locales. For example, both Big5HKSCS and UTF-8 user interface messages are displayed in English. If you log in to the zh_HK.big5hkscs locale and launch the GNOME text editor, all of the menu items are displayed in English.

  As a workaround, change the /usr/share/locale/zh_HK directory to a symbolic link of the /usr/share/locale/zh_TW directory. Perform the following steps:

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Enter the following commands:

     cd /usr/share/locale

     /usr/bin/rm -rf zh_HK

     ln -s zh_TW zh_HK

• In Japanese locales, the gdm Filechooser dialog cannot browse the current encoding filenames, and Nautilus cannot input the current encoding filenames. As a workaround, perform the following steps:

  1. Set G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1 for ja_JP.eucJP and ja_JP.SJIS

  2. Restart the gdm and Nautilus applications.

Localization (continued) 

• In some cases, you cannot input Japanese characters correctly with Japanese IME in the body of the mail Composer in Evolution. As a workaround, remove the corrupted text and reenter.

• When you translate Japanese text strings with Japanese IME, Evolution cannot reverse the color in the Preedit area.

• If you select English as the installation language when you install the Java Desktop System, then the Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese packages are not installed by default. If you want to install specific language packages, you must select the appropriate language from the Language Selection dialog during the installation process.

• When you drag and drop Japanese filenames into a network file system such as NFS or Samba using Nautilus, the filenames become corrupted. This problem occurs on non-UTF-8 locales such as ja_JP.eucJP and ja_JP.SJIS. Once you drag and drop files on any locales, you cannot remove the files in a Nautilus window. As a workaround, copy or remove any files using a Terminal window.

• After you install the Java Desktop System, the default language is set to locale@euro rather than locale.UTF-8. For example, an Italian version of the Java Desktop System returns it_IT@EURO when you enter the locale command at the system prompt.

  Therefore, when you open Mozilla, the Mozilla application is not localized. Also, StarOffice does not display compose key characters or filenames with extended characters.

  Perform the following steps as a workaround:

  1. Log out of the Java Desktop System.

  2. Select the Italian language option.

  3. Log in to the Java Desktop System.

  This action sets the locale to it_IT_UTF-8. Mozilla is localized and Staroffice displays the extended characters correctly, and the compose key sequences operate correctly.

• If you install RPMs from a CD in multi-user mode, the system cannot eject the CD automatically. Enter the eject cdrom command to eject the CD.

• The Java Desktop System configuration utility, YaST2 appears localized only in the locale from where the Java Desktop System was installed. If you want YaST2 localized to other locales, you must install additional language packages. Perform the following steps:

  1. Enter the yast2 command from the system prompt.

  2. Select Software.

  3. Select Install or remove software.

  4. Select Search from the Filter drop-down list.

  5. Enter yast2–trans in the Search field and click on Search.

  6. Select the language package that you want from the list and click on Accept.

• If your system crashes or shuts down accidentally while Mozilla is running, Mozilla fails to clear the profile lock file. After you reboot your system and launch Mozilla, a dialog displays the following warning:

  Mozilla cannot use the profile because it is in use. Please choose another profile or create a new one.

  Remove the file $HOME/.mozilla/<profilename>/<random>/lock as a workaround.

• Clicking on a Web page link to a Linux package file (.rpm) causes Mozilla to crash. Mozilla registers all .rpm files as RealPlayer media. If you directly click on a Linux package file, Mozilla crashes because the RealPlayer plugin does not handle invalid .rpm files correctly. Right-click the .rpm link and select Save Link Target As... from the menu as a workaround.

• You cannot connect to the gdict server through a firewall unless the port 2628 is permitted by the firewall.

• Users of Pentium 4 and other hyperthreading capable processors might experience version mismatch errors when compiling kernel modules. In order to correct this mismatch, perform the following steps:

  1. Edit the file: /usr/src/linux-2.4.19.SuSE/linux/version.h

  2. Change the line: #define UTS_RELEASE "2.4.19-4GB" to #define UTS_RELEASE "2.4.19-64GB-SMP"

• The Blueprint Beta theme is for evaluation only. Do not use the Blueprint Beta theme under normal circumstances. This theme has known bugs and is not supported. If you want to evaluate the Blueprint Beta theme, choose View -> Apply Theme-> Blueprint Beta.

• When you copy text from other applications to Mozilla, you must press Ctrl + V once and release the keys immediately to successfully paste the text. Mozilla crashes if you do not release Ctrl + V keys immediately after you paste the text.

• When color depth is set to 256 colors, 8 bit, text fails to display for Flash 6. As a workaround, set the color depth to 16 bit or higher.

• If you use system proxy settings in Mozilla, do not set socks host in Launch -> Preferences -> Internet settings. Mozilla mail cannot connect to an internal mail server through the socks server.

Network Places 

When you add a network place, you must log out and log in again to the Java Desktop System in order for the new network place to appear in the Network Places window.

• You can change and add printers to your Java Desktop System using YaST2 but the print queues do not integrate well with GNOME applications such as Evolution or gedit. To change printer settings and add new printers, choose Launch -> Preferences -> Printers.

• When you set up a Samba printer, you are required to enter a username and password for the SMB print queue. The username and password are stored as unencrypted text in the /usr/cups/printers.conf file. This file is a root read-only file but anyone with root permissions has access to the usernames and passwords stored in this file.

  To reduce any possible security implications, you should ensure that the username and password required to access the SMB print queue is specific to the print queue. This ensures that any possible security issue is confined to unauthorized use of the SMB printers.

• If you want to configure the synchronization of a PalmOS device with the Pilot application, you must ensure that the gpilotd daemon is active and functions properly. Open the Pilot Settings dialog to start up the gpilotd daemon. To check if the gpilotd daemon is working, you can add the Pilot applet to your panel and view the gpilotd daemon activity.

  For more information about Pilot settings and for answers to frequently asked questions in relation to Evolution, see Ximian Evolution 1.4 FAQ.

• Click on a Java Enterprise System folder in Evolution before you synchronize a PalmOS device with a Java Enterprise System server. To synchronize a PalmOS device with Java Enterprise System folders, you must set Java Enterprise System folders as default folders. Click on a Java Enterprise System folder before you click the hotsync button on your PalmOS device. Otherwise, Evolution might behave abnormally during synchronization.

• Cut, Copy, and Paste commands are disabled if there are no tasks in the Tasks folder. To enable Cut, Copy, and Paste commands you must create and highlight a task in the task list.

• Evolution does not paste content in the Subject field of the Composer when you press Ctrl + V. You can use Shift + Insert to paste content in the Subject field as a workaround.

• You cannot modify or remove a recurrence instance through the Evolution GUI from a Java Enterprise System account. The Java Enterprise System calendar server currently does not support removing or modifying a new instance to an existing recurring series. After you change an event to recurrence, you cannot change the event back to non-recurrence.

• Time zone issues:

  • Java Enterprise System server time zone

    To set this time zone, open the Web GUI Calendar Express and choose Option -> Settings -> Time zone.

  • System time zone

    To set this time zone, start YaST2 and click System in the left pane, then click Select time zone in the right pane.

  • Evolution time zone

    If you are a first-time user, you can set the time zone using the Evolution Setup Assistant. You can also change the time zone by choosing Tools -> Settings -> Calendar and Tasks -> General -> Time zone.

  The time zones must coincide with each other for Evolution to function properly.

  The optional time zones in Evolution are not the same as the optional time zones on the Java Enterprise System calendar server. This time zone disparity causes some problems when dealing with time zones that exist only in Evolution.

  For example, the Asia/Urumqi time zone is available in Evolution but not on the Java Enterprise System calendar server. When you create a new appointment in the Asia/Urumqi time zone, Evolution saves the appointment in the time zone you set as default on your Java Enterprise System calendar server.

• In local folders, Calendar displays the Task in local folder. In Java Enterprise System folders, Personal Calendar displays the Task folder which is set as the default Task folder in Settings. If you want to change the default Task folder in Settings, you must restart Evolution for the change to take effect.

• The preview panes for recurrence appointments behave differently for local calendar folders and Java Enterprise System calendar folders. In local folders, open a simple recurrence appointment and go to the recurrence tab. The preview pane on this tab is enabled. In Java Enterprise System folders, the preview pane in the recurrence appointment is disabled because you cannot edit a single instance in a recurrence series of the local calendar.

Ximian Evolution 1.4 (continued)

• Currently, the Java Enterprise System calendar can only support one reminder per event. However, for local calendars, you can add multiple reminders per event.

• If you want to sign a mail with the PGP/GPG key, you might encounter the following error:

  Failed to GPG sign: Broken pipe

  gpg: skipped '<KEY>': secret key not available

  gpg: signing failed: secret key not available

  Perform the following steps to avoid this error:

  1. Open $HOME/.gnupg/gpg.conf

  2. Comment out the line use-agent

How do I configure Pilot settings?

Refer to the Pilot Configuration Help for information about PalmOS synchronization and related settings.

How do I access Pilot from Evolution?

Choose Tools -> Pilot Settings.

Must I keep the Pilot Settings dialog open during synchronization?

No, but you must ensure that the gnome-pilot process is active and functions properly.

Which types of PalmOS are supported by Pilot in Evolution?

PalmOS 5 series. 

I cannot connect to my PalmOS device. Why not?

Check file permissions. The PalmOS device does not work by default. Ensure you choose a device that you can use. For example:

ttyUSB0 for USB, or ttyS0 for serial cradle.

Can PalmOS work with Evolution through the USB device on the Java Desktop System?

Yes, but using PalmOS through USB severely degrades the performance of your personal computer (PC).

Are there any risks during synchronization through USB? 

During synchronization, your PC might become immobilized. For example, the Caps Lock LED and Scroll Lock LED blink. Possible reasons are related to the USB module, kernel problem, and hardware issues.  

How do I backup PalmOS data to a PC?

From the Pilot Settings dialog, select the Conduits tab and enable the Backup option.

How can I copy backup files from a PC to PalmOS using Evolution?

Pilot can restore your backup data from PC to PalmOS. You can also use some command line tools such as: gnome-pilot-install-file/pilot-xfer.

Does Evolution support the category synchronization? 

Evolution Conduits do not support category synchronization.

Can I synchronize data between a Java Enterprise System account to a PalmOS device?

Yes, you must set the default calendar and task folder to Java Enterprise System folders. From Evolution, choose Tools -> Settings ->Folder Settings -> Default Folders.

How does Evolution synchronize with a PalmOS device?

Evolution does not communicate directly with PalmOS. Evolution uses Conduits which also acts as a plugin for Pilot and Pilot communicates with the PalmOS device.

Can I synchronize data from Evolution to a Pocket PC?

No, you cannot synchronize Evolution with a Pocket PC directly. But you can use other open source tools, such as Sync and MultiSync to synchronize the address book of Evolution.

How can I configure Mozilla so that Evolution does not launch when I click on Send Link or Send Page?

Open one of the following files:

• $HOME/.mozilla/<profilename>/<random>/prefs.js

• /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4/defaults/pref

You must change the following line:  

pref("network.protocol-handler.external.mailto", true)

Change the line to the following: 

pref("network.protocol-handler.external.mailto", false)

How can I correct the protocol settings for Java Enterprise System accounts using Evolution?

If your Java Enterprise System server uses http protocol, but you mistakenly choose https protocol in your  Java Enterprise System account settings, Evolution does not allow you to correct the protocol from Settings.

As a workaround to this issue, right-click on your  Java Enterprise System folder and choose Forget Password from the menu. Restart Evolution and cancel the Enter Password dialog. Now you can choose the correct protocol in Settings.

Can I use Evolution with the CDE Calendar application?

No, Evolution can only be connected to the Java Enterprise System calendar server.

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