Re: evolution is in unusable state
On Tue, 17 May 2011 01:26:41 +0000, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> Folks, help is badly need here.
>
> 1. I have a fresh squeeze 64 bit install. While setting Evolution I've
> used "Restore from backup" option to restore all my data from Ubuntu
> Lucid. That seemed to work as expected. I get all my account settings
> and mail, as well as my 3 calendars.
>
> But now every single time I run Evolution it crashes with a message:"The
> Evolution calendar has quit unexpectedly. Your calendars will not be
> available until Evolution is restarted". It happens independently
> whether I interact with Evolution or not.
(...)
Your best bet is trying with a complete and fresh Evolution profile and
then start the migration process manually, that is, do not use the backup
wizard (or do not import calendars in the first stage, try with just the
e-mails and if all goes well you can proceed to manually export/import
the calendards).
> I've been using Evolution in Ubuntu for 4 years and never had a single
> crash. And now I have it in absolutely unusable state. Ubuntu Lucid
> Evolution version is 2.28.3. Squeeze Evolution version is 2.30.3. I
> could expect to have some problems if I would import/restore some data
> from newer to older version but not vice versa. Am I wrong here?
>
> Any advise, please?
Yep, mixing data from different versions can lead to unexpected results.
While it does not have to, it can happen.
> 2. I would not mind to switch to Icedove if Evolution is not fixable.
> But this would require and extension similar to Lighting for
> Thunderbird. Is such extension available? What's it's name? How much
> beyond of current Mozilla Lighting it is in version?
>
> The problem is real show stopper for me.
The calendar extension for Icedove is named "iceowl-extension" but if you
like Evo I would try first to get it working.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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