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When you log in to the Java Desktop System
after rebooting your system, your panel might crash and restart immediately.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Issues with Sound Recorder:
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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.
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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.
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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:
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After you log in to the Java Desktop System,
use the xmodmap command to redefine the L
key.
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Log in to the Java Desktop System
as root and remove the /etc/X11/Xmodmap
file.
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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.
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| Clock Settings |
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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:
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Enter the BIOS setup and change the time directly.
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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.
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In the YaST2 setup tool, you can
set the time zone for the system clock in the following way:
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Start YaST2.
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Click System in the left pane.
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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.
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Help
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Localization
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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.
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When you translate words with Japanese IME, canna and kinput2,
you cannot reverse the color of the translated words in the Preedit area.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Log in as root.
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Enter the following commands:
cd /usr/share/locale
/usr/bin/rm -rf zh_HK
ln -s zh_TW zh_HK
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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:
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Set G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1 for ja_JP.eucJP and ja_JP.SJIS
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Restart the gdm and Nautilus applications.
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Localization (continued)
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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.
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When you translate Japanese text strings with Japanese IME, Evolution cannot reverse the color in the Preedit area.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Log out of the Java Desktop System.
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Select the Italian language option.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Enter the yast2 command from the system
prompt.
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Select Software.
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Select Install or remove software.
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Select Search from the Filter drop-down list.
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Enter yast2–trans in
the Search field and click on Search.
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Select the language package that you want from the list and
click on Accept.
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Mozilla |
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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.
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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.
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You cannot connect to the gdict
server through a firewall unless the port 2628 is permitted by the firewall.
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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:
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Edit the file: /usr/src/linux-2.4.19.SuSE/linux/version.h
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Change the line: #define UTS_RELEASE "2.4.19-4GB" to #define UTS_RELEASE "2.4.19-64GB-SMP"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Network Places
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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.
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| Printers |
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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.
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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.
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Ximian Evolution 1.4 |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Time zone issues:
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Java Enterprise System server
time zone
To set this time zone, open the Web GUI Calendar Express and choose Option -> Settings -> Time zone.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ximian
Evolution 1.4 (continued)
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Currently, the Java Enterprise System
calendar can only support one reminder per event. However, for local calendars,
you can add multiple reminders per event.
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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:
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Open $HOME/.gnupg/gpg.conf
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Comment out the line use-agent
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