"Ubuntu startup"----- "Evolution mail warning sounds"-- " The loss of my printer Icon from the panel"

[Christopher Lees]

On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 12:00 +0000, ubuntu-au-request at lists.ubuntu.com
wrote:

> From: Tony Brow <tbrow at tpg.com.au>
> 
> Hello Gals/Guys,
> 
> When starting Ubuntu 6.10 I get the normal Ubuntu picture and the Yellow
> Line booting up and then the screen goes black and a little window 
> comes up saying: 'The greeter application appears to be be crashing.
> Attempting to use a different one !"  Then a Gnome window comes up and I
> can
> sign in. I can operate with this, but is this likely to get worse and
> can this be fixed ?

I'd say it's unlikely to get worse... I don't know why it's occurring or
how to make it work, but you can stop the little error message from
appearing.

After you've logged in, go to System > Administration > Login Window.
Change the "Style" popup menu from "Themed" to "Plain".

> With 'evolution' mail I have tried to get the sound working, but no
> success and there is no 'beep' either. I have checked the settings and
> ticked the 'mail warning' box and it shows also 'every 10 minutes' , but
> it appears to be mute. I like the idea of the voice saying: 'You've got
> email'.  How can this be fixed, please ?

Do other sounds work on your system? Under System > Preferences > Sound,
is "Enable Software Sound Mixing" turned on?

> And finally the "printer icon" has disappeared. The printer still works
> after using the 'file', the icon then temporarily appears on the panel,
> but disappears when the print job is done. Is there a fix for this,
> please ?

This happens on my system too - I always thought that's how it was meant
to work?