F8 and a GPS -

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 15:25 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> >
> > Removing and reinstalling a package rarely has any effect on Linux
> > (barring dependancy issues), since any personal configuration options
> > you changed are stored in your own home directory.
> >
> > I suggest you create a new user account on your machine and try it from
> > there. If it works, you have a config problem in your own account.
> >
> > poc
> 
> 
> Thunderbird has been a continual problem for several days.  So far, 
> since re-installing it,  it has not missed a beat.  Earlier I would try 
> to delete mail and it would do nothing until I stopped and restarted 
> Thunderbird, it is not doing that now.  Other times Thunderbird would 
> just stop responding to commands at all and I would have to do xkill and 
> then remove a lock file to restore operation.  So far none of that has 
> occurred.  Remember, this was an upgraded system from F7 to F8. 
> 
> You may be right, I'm still waiting for the ax to fall ...

Maybe it won't. I should have qualified my earlier remarks by adding "as
long as the installation isn't damaged". You can check for damage with
"rpm -V <package>".

poc