I got evolution to work again. Unfortunatly, I lost all my data. I guess I'm not paranoid enough. I moved ~/.gconf/apps/evolution to ~/.gconf/apps/evolution- and I didn't back up the ~/evolution folder. When I started evolution, it started up, but not only did it create a new ~/.gconf/apps/evolution folder, but it also wiped out both my ~/evolution folder and the backup ~/.gconf/app/evolution- settings folder.
On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 13:43, guenther wrote: > > I recently edited my account information. When I tried to save the > > changes, evolution crashed. Since then, whenever I try to start > > evolution, it fails and gives a "Segmentation fault" error message. I > > can run evolution on my machine as root. > > I figure that some configuration setting is causing the crash. I tried > > renaming my "evolution" folder (which contains settings), but it still > > crashes. > > No, settings are stored using GConf since 1.4.0. So the settings are in > ~/.gconf/apps/evolution, whereas your data is in ~/evolution. > > If you want to try removing the settings, move the mentioned evolution > dir in GConf. However, before messing around with any file in the GConf > dir, be sure to close the GConf daemon, as it holds this data in memory. > 'gconftool-2 --shutdown' is the command these days, not sure about your > version. See 'gconftool-2 --help' for available options. > > Backing up your data and settings *before* might be a good idea. > Paranoia saves your day! > > > > Any ideas? > > Not sure... But you seem to be right about these crashes being related > to your settings, IMHO. > > HTH > > ...guenther > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
