Evolution problem

[Graeme Nichols]

On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 03:03, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Graeme Nichols wrote:
> > Hello Folks,
> > 
> > I have a small problem with Evolution 1.0.9-11 on RH8, the version that
> > RH supplied as a security update for RH8 not long after RH8 was
> > released. The problem has been around for a long time and I couldn't be
> > bothered fixing it as updating Evolution is a labourious exercise
> > involving gnome.
> > 
> > However, I noticed a curious thing, if I ssh into my desktop machine
> > from my laptop to run evolution (so as to keep things in one place on
> > one machine) and I do a search on my inbox the resulting matches
> > highlight the word searched on in the emails. If I then go to my desktop
> > machine and do the same the search word is again highlighted but if I
> > exit Evolution and re-start it and do the search again the search word
> > is completely missing, no blank space in place of it just a single space
> > character. This missing highlight is the problem I've had all along and
> > I simply thought it was a bug in the Evolution version I have.
> > 
> > The question is: Why does it work when I ssh in from my laptop and why
> > does it still work when I go back to my desktop machine but NOT after
> > killing Evolution and re-starting it on the desktop. Anyone have an
> > answer? Both machines are running RH8 but the version of Evolution
> > installed on the laptop is the original version from the distribution
> > CDs, it hasn't had the security fix applied. But that shouldn't make a
> > difference as when I ssh into my desktop machine to run Evolution on the
> > laptop I am running the Evolution installed on the desktop, Aren't I?
> 
> Yes and no.  When you ssh in, you get the UID and GID of the person
> you're SSHing as, but you don't get the environment (ssh doesn't do a
> "login" unless you set it up do do so in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (the
> "UseLogin" option).  As a result, there are a number of enviroment
> things that don't get set up the same as if you did an actual login.
> This may cause Evolution to store it's state info in a totally different
> spot than it does when you're on the machine locally.
> 
> So, you ssh in and do your thing and evolution stores its state info
> somewhere.  You log in locally and evolution looks for its state info,
> doesn't find it and works as it did via ssh. You run it a second time,
> and _this_ time it DOES find its state info and Poof!  Your problem
> shows up.  I'll bet you find that if you do do:
> 
> 	su - user-you're-sshing-as
> 
> and run evolution, THEN get on locally and do it, your problem will show
> up immediately.  Now, just what the problem is, I don't know.  I don't
> use Evolution much, so I can't speak to that.  I'm just trying to
> explain why the thing is behaving the way it does between ssh and local
> sessions.
> 
> NOTE: Using the "UseLogin yes" option in /etc/ssh/sshd_config will break
> X11 forwarding. I recommend using "su - user-you-are-sshing-as" rather
> than "UseLogin yes" to get the user's enviroment.

Thank you Rick, I follow what you are saying. Karl in another reply
thinks it is a font problem which will fit into the explanation you gave
regarding user environment. I will check out the fonts used in Evolution
on both machines and I bet I will find a difference, probably caused by
the fact that the laptop was 'upgraded' from 7.1 to 8 whereas the
desktop was a fresh install of 8 to a new HD.

-- 

Kind regards,

Graeme Nichols

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