Applications unusable

[Dotan Cohen]

On 18/06/06, Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec at pomec.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 21:57 +0100, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > Since I've installed FC5 from scratch a few days ago, some programs
> > have become unusable and I am forced to reset the computer to get them
> > back. For other apps, even reseting the machine does not help. For
> > instance, Firefox or Kopete will randomly crash, and I cannot reopen
> > them. Reseting helps for these apps.
> >
> > Other apps, such as Amarok and Konqueror are useless even after a
> > reset. Amarok will not play music, and does not complain- it just
> > hangs. It was working properly for about a day or two. The problem is
> > not in the sound system, and K3B made a sound when it finished
> > burning. Konqueror tells me that KDEInit cannot open whatever file or
> > folder that I am trying to open if I click on an icon. If I manage to
> > get it open and type the address into the address bar, it will open
> > the directory in question.
> >
> > Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
> > http://what-is-what.com115
> > 32323
>
> Dotan,
>
> Not sure if I have a good answer for you but in my experience FC5 has
> had a lot of update gliches.  Make sure you run "yum -y update" from
> root to get everything caught up with current modifications.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Greg
>

Thanks, Greg. I of course do that every night.

Dotan Cohen
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