Re: [Osmo-pim-friends] Osmo v0.2.4..

[zed <ze...@ze...>]

zed <ze...@ze...> wrote:

> Eike Nicklas <ei...@ep...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi zed,
> > 
> > On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:16:14 +1300 zed wrote:
> > 
> > > "Eike Nicklas" <ei...@ep...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hope this helps,
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks for that Eike. It did help, inasmuch as I understand what you
> > > are telling me but it is quite beyond my capabilities to act upon it
> > > :-(  I think I'll just wait until the update from the developers.
> > > 
> > 
> > Sorry for confusing you. I don't know much about Mint Linux, but
> > apparently it is based on Ubuntu. This means, you could install the
> > package from Ubuntu, that already contains the fix:
> > 
> > 1) Download the osmo_0.2.4-2_i386.deb file from
> >    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/i386/osmo/0.2.4-2
> > 
> >    (assuming you are using an i386 installation, if you are using
> >    amd64 or ppc, change the url accordingly)
> > 
> > 2) double-click the downloaded package and gdebi should guide you
> >    through the installation. If not, execute
> >    'sudo dpkg -i osmo_0.2.4-2_i386.deb' in a terminal
> > 
> > Now you should have the fixed version installed. If a newer version is
> > provided later by the mint maintainers, it will automatically replace
> > this new installation as you are used to.
> 
> Thank you again for a very prompt reply.
> 
> Firstly,  I uninstalled Osmo through Package manager and then clicked on
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/i386/osmo/0.2.4-2 and installed the
> package without any difficulty but, for some unaccountable reason the bug
> is still present.
> 
> Package manager tells me that v0.2.4.2 is installed.  So, once again, I am
> at a loss :-)

Please forgive me replying to my own email.

I think I've found the problem.  When downloading the new version, the
configuration file is not overwritten - which is what I like about Osmo. 
However, it appears that this fact prevents the patch being applied.

To test my hypothesis, I uninstalled Osmo, and then copied .osmo (the hidden
folder in the Home directory) to another disk.Downloaded and installed
v0.2.4.2, launched it and found that the writable icon in Contacts accepted
keystrokes.  I then copied  .osmo from the other disk to v0.2.4.2 and found
that trying to type into the Contacts writable icon caused Osmo to crash. 
In other words, the patch was not being applied.

Yet again, I am at a complete loss ;-(

Zed

I then copied over


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zed