I found a workaround: As I am using Kubuntu (=Ubuntu with KDE), not all Gnome packages are installed. So I manually installed "gnome-keyring" (+ dependancies "gcr", "libpam-gnome-keyring"), which seems to be the password backend for Evolution. Now Evolution asks for a password :)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653705 Title: Doesn't ask for a password - IMAP Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: evolution It doesn't ask for a password for automatically created Google IMAP account.So it just hangs. I see same bug dated by 2006 year. It is sad. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: evolution 2.30.3-1ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 2 22:11:28 2010 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=ru_RU.utf8 SourcePackage: evolution To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/653705/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
