Yup. I've been popping in and out of the list for a while. Usually, I try to use gmane.
Anyway, on the subject of resetting evo when it gets perplexed: http://dcs.nac.uci.edu/~strombrg/evolution-sledgehammer.html On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 23:24 +0100, guenther wrote: > Cc'ing Dan, since he obviously is not subscribed. > > > Is there any way I can import > > /.evolution-2005-12-12/addressbook/local/system/addressbook.db into the > > ~/.evolution I've been forced to move onto? > > Yes. Here are the generic recovery steps (Evo 2.4): > > a) Have a look at your ~/.evolution/addressbook/local/ dir. > b) Create a new Address Book named "import" using Evo. > Close Evo. > c) Have a look at that dir again. There now is a new dir. > We're going to use this new dir. > d) Run this command: > $ evolution --force-shutdown > e) Now run this command: > $ ps axw | grep evolution-data > And use the 'kill' command to kill this process. > f) Inside that new dir, there is an "addressbook.db" file. Copy your old > (backed up) addressbook.db file there, overwriting the file in the > new dir. > g) Do steps d) and e) again, as Evo can be respawned by numerous other > apps. > > When starting Evo the next time, you should have your old Contacts back, > stored in the "import" Address Book. > > > Note: If there are *NO* Contacts in the default "Personal" Address Book, > you can directly use the system/ dir (see step a), rather than a new > one. However, it always is safe to use a new one. > > Note: If you are using Evo 2.2, the above steps work as well. You just > don't need the fugly step e) at all. > > IIRC using hacks like the steps mentioned successfully recreated > addressbook.db files by Evo versions at least down to Evo 1.4. > > > Additional note: Do NOT make me explain the use of 'ps | grep' and > 'kill' on a *user* mailing list. See bug #323115. [1] > > ...guenther > > > [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323115 > > _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
