Heya,
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 12:23 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > Not sure this is the right list for this. The usability issue from I believe a more appropriate list would be evolution-list at gnome.org . > my point of view is whether the documentation tells me *anywhere* how > to try and fix this problem and what is safe, if anything, to delete > from the .gconf directory in a user's account. > > For the last few weeks my dad's machine has been having trouble > with Evolution. He starts Evolution and it immediately crashes running > Bug Buddy. Nothing in the Bug Buddy report is of any value as nothing > is compiled for debug. Here's what the crash looks like from a > terminal: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ evolution > CalDAV Eplugin starting up ... > ** (evolution-2.8:12600): DEBUG: mailto URL command: evolution %s > ** (evolution-2.8:12600): DEBUG: mailto URL program: evolution > inside eab_vcard_control_new > > (evolution-2.8:12600): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_new: > assertion `width > 0' failed > > (evolution-2.8:12600): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_pixels: > assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed > > (evolution-2.8:12600): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: > gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride: assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed > > ** (bug-buddy:12632): WARNING **: Failed to connect to the FAM server: (null) > > ** (bug-buddy:12632): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Bonobo > Component Browser > > ** (bug-buddy:12632): WARNING **: Couldn't load icon for Open Folder > Failed to read a valid object file image from memory. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ out of curiosity, does changing the theme help ? > > Now, if I run Evolution from my account it works fine, and > additionally it only prints the first 3 lines above, so I assume this > may be a problem with something in .gconf not being correct and > showing up with a crash inside the subroutine eab_vcard_control_new. > Anyone have a feeling for the validity of that idea? Is there any backtrace given bu bug-buddy ? > > I did some Googling and found folks with other similar problems, > mostly with the panel, etc., who managed to fix their problems by > deleting directories down inside of .gconf. I'd like to try this on my > dad's machine but I cannot find any info on whether it's safe to do. > Is it? Not sure, but to reset evolution settings $ gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/evolution > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. If there is a > better list for this problem, and I'm sure there is, please advise and > I'll go there. > > Cheers, > Mark > _______________________________________________ > Usability mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability -- Ritesh Khadgaray ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919970164885 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list