On Fri, 2012-02-03 at 15:32 -0800, John Stile wrote: > Every time I start evolution I am prompted for passwords for accounts on > one of the IMAP servers. > My evolution is configured for multiple IMAP accounts on two different > servers. > At startup evolution hangs for a long time, but finally prompts for the > passwords, which are already lists as dots, so I just submit and it > works.
Whatever password it remembers is probably wrong; but this is almost certainly *not* a problem with Evolution but with your keyring. Evolution 'out-sources' credential management to the GNOME keyring; Evolution does *not* remember passwords. > This location does not seem to matter. > Even after cleanly restarting the program it happens again. Yep, because it isn't a problem with Evolution. If you don't have Seahorse installed, install Seahorse. Then you can use that application to look at your keyring and delete the incorrect entry. That may help. > emerge --info > Portage 2.1.10.41 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.4.5, > glibc-2.13-r4, 2.6.39-gentoo i686) Ah ha! You are on Gentoo. You're keying install/setup is almost certainly borked. -- System & Network Administrator [ LPI & NCLA ] <http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com> OpenGroupware Developer <http://www.opengroupware.us> Adam Tauno Williams _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
