Hi Pete,
starting Evolution from the command line does not bring any error messages... output to console looks like this: markus@local #> evolution (evolution:39853): e-data-server-WARNING **: 16:21:57.956: build_categories_filename: Failed to rename '/home/markus/.evolution/categories.xml' to '/home/markus/.local/share/evolution/categories.xml': No such file or directory (evolution:39853): e-data-server-WARNING **: 16:21:58.266: build_categories_filename: Failed to rename '/home/markus/.evolution/categories.xml' to '/home/markus/.local/share/evolution/categories.xml': No such file or directory I tried the import from backup file and this time the import works... Evolution closes itself and restarts and I got prompted for the passworts of the IMAP and CalDAC accounts. Pls see output to console from backup file import below. evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:23.177: First result 0 evolution.dir evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:23.191: Second result 0 module-backup-restore-Message: 16:22:23.194: Sanity check result 1:0 0 evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.246: First result 0 evolution.dir evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.263: Second result 0 evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.263: evolution --quit (evolution:40044): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: 16:22:37.473: Your application did not unregister from D-Bus before destruction. Consider using g_application_run(). evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.478: mv /home/markus/.local/share/evolution /home/markus/.local/share/evolution_old evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.480: mv /home/markus/.config/evolution /home/markus/.config/evolution_old evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.482: cd /tmp && tar -xzf '/home/markus/Temp/0066/evolution- backup-20200907.tar.gz' evolution.dir evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.499: cd /home/markus/.local/share/evolution && tar --strip- components 3 -xzf '/home/markus/Temp/0066/evolution-backup-20200907.tar.gz' '.local/share/evolution' evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.513: cd /home/markus/.config/evolution && tar --strip-components 2 -xzf '/home/markus/Temp/0066/evolution-backup-20200907.tar.gz' '.config/evolution' evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.535: cat /home/markus/.local/share/evolution/backup-restore- dconf-eds.ini | dconf load /org/gnome/evolution-data-server/ evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.548: rm /home/markus/.local/share/evolution/backup-restore-dconf- eds.ini evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.550: cat /home/markus/.local/share/evolution/backup-restore- dconf-evo.ini | dconf load /org/gnome/evolution/ evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.556: rm /home/markus/.local/share/evolution/backup-restore-dconf- evo.ini evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.557: rm -rf /home/markus/.local/share/evolution_old evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.559: rm -rf /home/markus/.config/evolution_old evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.560: rm /home/markus/.config/evolution/.running rm: cannot remove '/home/markus/.config/evolution/.running': No such file or directory evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.561: evolution --force-shutdown Could not find Evolution's process ID evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:42.669: gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources5 --object-path /org/gnome/evolution/dataserver/SourceManager --method org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.SourceManager.Reload () (evolution:40125): e-data-server-ui-WARNING **: 16:30:21.624: credentials_prompter_get_last_credentials_required_arguments_cb: Failed to get last credential values: The name is not activatable (evolution:40125): e-data-server-ui-WARNING **: 16:32:35.867: credentials_prompter_get_last_credentials_required_arguments_cb: Failed to get last credential values: The name is not activatable (evolution:40125): evolution-util-WARNING **: 16:32:38.487: source_selector_write_done_cb: The name is not activatable (evolution:40125): e-data-server-ui-WARNING **: 16:32:39.110: credentials_prompter_get_last_credentials_required_arguments_cb: Failed to get last credential values: The name is not activatable (evolution:40125): evolution-util-WARNING **: 16:32:39.117: source_selector_write_done_cb: The name is not activatable (evolution:40125): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: 16:32:45.817: Your application did not unregister from D-Bus before destruction. Consider using g_application_run(). BUT When I start Evolution again from the Gnome Applications Menu it starts up with the setup assistent and all previously imported accounts are gone. I quit this instance from gnome and start it again from console and everything is fine again... So what is the difference? I opend the Main Menu Editor and looked at the launcher entry for Evolution and the app is started by the following command: /usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=evolution --file-forwarding org.gnome.Evolution @@u %U @@ If I do the same on my private laptop the start command for Evolution looks like this evolution %U I dont know why there is this difference between my fedora 32 instances, but after changing my work laptop to "evolution %U" all was fine again. Thanks for your tip... helped me a lot! Markus On Mon, 2020-09-07 at 15:02 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > does anybody know how this comes? > > any suggestions for a solution? > > > If you start Evolution from the command line does it come up with any > errors? To me is sounds like a permissions problem. > > P. > _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
