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Tue Apr 3 13:07:01 PDT 2007

hello,

Email box intact: I found the /usr/sfw/bin/mozilla folder by navigating the
file system from the desktop interface, in that mozilla folder found
mozilla.bin and I clicked on this executable file, mozilla browser lauched.
I didn't connect to the Internet, tried the icon on the browser menu bar at
the bottom, the email client launched, and I found the inbox intact. So, in
the case of the browser and this browser's email client, the only remaining
problem must be in relation to the file pointer.. The icons on the desktop
do not point to the file /usr/sfw/bin/mozilla/mozilla.bin   ( In the home
folder,  ( / ) I did not find the mozilla folder. If it is supposed to be
there, it is invisible or got relocated.

The other email client "email and calender said Sun Microsystem edition,
comes installed by default within solaris 10. In this client the problem is
possibly one that of a corrupt table of contents... The mail box folder
within the evolution folder seem intact. But the inbox contents do not
display...

Thank you.

> In the home folder I did not find a mozilla file. The icon is not there.
> But when I ran cd && find .-print command, I found several mozilla files in
> various directories such as / , /var, /usr... the files appear to exist, but
> in GUI, in the home directory I did not find the mozilla folder.
>
> There are two email clients, it is as installed by defualt in Solaris 10,
> one with the title "Email and Calender" in the launch menu. This one stores
> messages in the evlution folder.Another client is accessed only after the
> browser is launched. There is an email icon in the browser task bar at
> bottom left which launches this client. I dont know the store file location.
>
>
> Can you tell me the file location of the email clilent that comes packaged
> with the browser ? If I know that I can take a back up.
>
> I live in Erode, and I don't know if anyone in the neighbourhood uses
> Solaris. I need to find one.
>
> Sivasubramanian.
>
>
>  On 4/3/07, G N S < shivakumar.gn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Sivasubramanian,
> >
> > I'll attempt to respond to your mail, but looking at the problems
> > encountered and the mistakes that are happening, I believe you are better
> > off asking for a neighbouring person familiar with Solaris to physically
> > look into the system.
> >
> >
> > On 4/3/07, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy < shiva.madras at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > > 4. I am not sure if the tar ball extract caused the problem or
> > > something else.
> > >
> >
> > Be assured that the above is not the problem. You happened to be doing
> > this operation is accidental.
> >
> >
> >  b) The email client inbuilt into the browser is can't be launched
> > > becuase the browser can't be launched. This is the client that contains over
> > > 8000 gmail messages, I don't know how to locate the store folder.  Also
> > > stored in the evloution / local folder ? I don't think so.
> > >
> >
> > It is not clear which mail client you have used. Since you mentioned
> > Solaris 10 and version 1.7 of the browser, I assume it is mozilla that
> > you are using. The folder .mozilla under the home directory is where you
> > need to look. This folder has both the settings of the application as well
> > as the data(emails).
> >
> >
> >
> >  Typed ~/.mozilla in the Terminal  It said permission denied
> > >
> >
> > This is not correct ! You cannot execute a directory.
> > ~/.mozilla means the directory .mozilla under the home directory of the
> > user with which you have logged in.
> > Ex: cd ~ will take you to the home directory (~ means home directory).
> > I had asked you to run mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla.bkp . This will rename
> > the directory .mozilla to .mozilla.bkp.
> > This is to ensure that the existing data in .mozilla is not lost when
> > you are trying to experiment with the email client.
> >
> >
> >
> >  Typed mv ~/.mozilla.bkp It said -mv insufficient arguments
> > >
> >
> > This is incorrect. Please check my comment above.
> >
> >
> >  Typed /usr/sfw/lib/mozilla  It said permission denied
> > >
> >
> > This is the reason I suggested that you should ask someone familiar with
> > Solaris or Linux to have a look at the system.
> > The mistakes above are basic in nature. Diagnosing the problem and
> > recovering from it might not be easy in such a scenario if you are not
> > already reasonably familiar with the environment.
> >
> >
> >
> >  Ran fsck
> > >
> > > It ran phases 1 though 5.
> > > It said corrected bad CG summary ( I dont remember this part )
> > > Corrected Sumamary for CG 747
> > > File System may still be inconsistent
> > > 237862 files
> > > 7167038 used
> > > 232680951 free
> > > 246583 fragments
> > > 29054296 blocks
> > > 0.1% fragmentation
> > > File System ws modified
> > >
> >
> > NO !!!
> > I had asked to run fsck -m and fsck -n.
> > I had mentioned fsck -n explicitly so that no change is done to the
> > filesystem. But the command above seems to have been run without any option.
> > In such a case, it would have prompted for salvaging whenever it encounters
> > a problem with the filesystem, if you answer "yes" only then it will modify
> > the file system. If the inode for which it  asked the question pointed to
> > the root partition, the system may have problems in booting after salvaging.
> >
> > fsck -n means I say no for fsck to correct any filesystem errors it
> > finds so that the system remains intact. It just checks and reports errors.
> >
> >
> >
> >  File System is bad
> > > Please rerun fsck
> > > Reboot now
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I did not reboot immediately, ran fsck - m
> > > /dev/dsj/c1d0s0 is currently mounted R/W
> > > /dev/dsk/c1d0s0: Unexpected inconsistency; Run fsck manually
> > >
> > > Ran fsck -n
> > > 23782 files
> > > 7167038 used
> > > 232680951 free
> > > 246583 fragments
> > > 29054296 blocks
> > > 0.1% fragmentation
> > >
> >
> > Seems like you have run fsck with the suggested options after running it
> > the incorrect way :-(
> >
> >
> >  I typed reboot and on reboot there were error messages pertaining to
> > > network and also this
> > > (mispelt) a**/mmt/su**pdx default failed. Repeated attempts failed.
> > > Transferred to maintanence.
> > > SVC.startd [7] failed to abandon contract 46. Permission denied.
> > >
> > > The system booted, the Java Desktop came up. It is then that I noticed
> > > that the inbox of the "email and calender" client also became corrupt wtih
> > > the error message "error while opening folder file ///evolution/local/ Inbox
> > > summary and folder mismatch, even after a Syn.
> > >
> >
> > Is your mail client evolution or mozilla(thunderbird)? It is confusing.
> >
> >
> >  This is the most important data in the system. I need to save this. If
> > > I have to renistall, is there a way of preseving the data, is there some
> > > kind of a "repair" or "install missing componets" option ?
> > >
> >
> >
> > List all directories including the hidden directories in the home folder
> > (ls -a).
> > You should be seeing the directory of your email client. .mozilla if it
> > is mozilla or Probably "evolution" or ".evolution" if it is evolution.
> > If you can access a network share on this machine. Copy the folder into
> > the share before doing any further operation.
> > If the data is important for you, getting a backup is most important for
> > you right now before attempting any "recovery procedure".
> >
> > Venky had suggested that you should not use root user for normal usage.
> > I would like to add another point, "Be sure you are familiar with the
> > commands and options that you use for the commands when executing as root
> > user". When performed as root, the system allows the user to do just about
> > anything without giving any warnings.
> >
> >
> > Get a friend to look into the system. You may find it difficult to
> > resolve it using emails.
> >
> > regards
> > Shiv
> >
> >
> >
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