andra, I just had a look at your proposed patch on sourceforge and for me it works. So first of all thanks a million for working that out, and second of all, I hope you won't mind me adding it to this topic as yet another checkgmail 'fix'.
So with all thanks due to andra as mentioned above, here is how you fix checkgmail this time around - don't ask me how long this one will last
Shut down checkgmail to start with then:
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sudo mv /usr/bin/checkgmail /usr/bin/checkgmail.old
Just in case anything goes wrong. Then download this file:
http://pastebin.com/DUDhfATJ. This will give you the file checkgmail_patched.txt in your Downloads folder.
In your terminal cd to the Downloads folder then run the following command:
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sudo mv checkgmail_patched.txt /usr/bin/checkgmail
Then make it executable:
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sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/checkgmail
Restart checkgmail and it should work again.
One thing is on the horizon, at least for those of you who use Ubuntu as well as Mint and that is that in Raring checkgmail no longer appears in the Unity panel. I think the reason for this is quoted here:
An option allowing applications lacking App Indicator support to show in the system tray has been removed from Ubuntu 13.04.
Applications and services not using the feature were hidden by default in Ubuntu 11.04 – but could be manually re-enabled through a hidden settings option.
Now, in requesting the removal of this configurable ‘whitelist’ from the up-coming Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu’s Matthew Paul Thomas argues that developers have had enough time to adopt the App Indicator spec.
So obviously Matthew Paul Thomas doesn't use checkgmail or realise the speed of their responses
Hopefully it should still work in Mint though.
Fujitsu Lifebook AH532 Laptop. Intel i5 processor, 6Gb ram, Intel HD3000 graphics, Intel Audio/wifi. Realtek RTL8111/8168B Ethernet.Ubuntu12.10 (Unity), Mint14 (Cinnamon), Manjaro (Xfce).
