Bug#795287: evolution-data-server: Cannot connect to gmail account any longer
reopen 795287 thanks On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 17:10 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On 10/09/15 16:33, Svante Signell wrote: > > On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 14:55 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > > > Removing that account in preferences and setting it up again does > > > not feel nice, even if the gmail account is using IMAP. I'm > > > inclined to reopen this serious bug. Or maybe its time to switch > > > to another MUA? > > > > FYI: I did create a new account for the gmail address and checked > > if it was OK: It was :) Then I could happily remove the old account > > and rename the new to the old name. All is fine for now. > > If upstream could fix existing accounts that had already suffered > from this bug, they would probably have done so in the version that > fixed the bug; the fact that they didn't do this suggests that it may > be impossible. > > My understanding is that 3.16.3 had a data-loss bug for GMail > accounts, which led to internal data needed by the stored account > being incomplete, hence the affected account was unusable even after > upgrading. We don't have a time machine, so we can't retroactively > fix 3.16.3. All is not well with 3.16.5 either: when I create a new account for my gmail mail, it is created and (after a long time) works as intended. However after quitting evo , that mail account is GONE. This has happened twice now. Reopening!
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Bug#795287: evolution-data-server: Cannot connect to gmail account any longer
On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 14:55 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > On Fri, 2015-09-04 at 16:41 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > > Version: 3.16.5-1 > > Control: found 795287 3.16.3-1 ... > The problematic account was created a long time ago: Now when upgrading > to 3.16.5-1 the following errors are written out when starting evo: > Failed to connect to 'n...@gmail.com' > Cannot find a corresponding account in the org.gnome.OnlineAccounts > service from which to obtain a password for 'n...@gmail.com' > Failed to connect account "n...@gmail.com". > The reported error was "Source 'n...@gmail.com' doesn't support prompt > for credentials". > > Removing that account in preferences and setting it up again does not > feel nice, even if the gmail account is using IMAP. I'm inclined to > reopen this serious bug. Or maybe its time to switch to another MUA? FYI: I did create a new account for the gmail address and checked if it was OK: It was :) Then I could happily remove the old account and rename the new to the old name. All is fine for now.
Bug#795287: evolution-data-server: Cannot connect to gmail account any longer
On 10/09/15 16:33, Svante Signell wrote: > On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 14:55 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: >> Removing that account in preferences and setting it up again does not >> feel nice, even if the gmail account is using IMAP. I'm inclined to >> reopen this serious bug. Or maybe its time to switch to another MUA? > > FYI: I did create a new account for the gmail address and checked if it > was OK: It was :) Then I could happily remove the old account and rename > the new to the old name. All is fine for now. If upstream could fix existing accounts that had already suffered from this bug, they would probably have done so in the version that fixed the bug; the fact that they didn't do this suggests that it may be impossible. My understanding is that 3.16.3 had a data-loss bug for GMail accounts, which led to internal data needed by the stored account being incomplete, hence the affected account was unusable even after upgrading. We don't have a time machine, so we can't retroactively fix 3.16.3. S
Bug#795287: evolution-data-server: Cannot connect to gmail account any longer
Hi, On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 06:40:03PM +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > […] > This problem has been found in archlinux already: > https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/45394 and reported to work OK with > 3.16.4, so please package that version or the latest version 3.16.5 in > sid. We have .5 now. Can you try it and see if it really does fix the bug please? -- Iain Lane [ i...@orangesquash.org.uk ] Debian Developer [ la...@debian.org ] Ubuntu Developer [ la...@ubuntu.com ] signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#795287: evolution-data-server: Cannot connect to gmail account any longer
Package: evolution-data-server Version: 3.16.3-1.1 Severity: serious Tags: sid stretch Hi, With the latest debian packages, 3.16.3-1.1 evo cannot any longer connect to Contacts and the gmail account: Failed to connect to 'Contacts' Cannot find a corresponding account in the org.gnome.OnlineAccounts service from which to obtain a password for 'a...@gmail.com' Failed to connect account 'a...@gmail.com' The reported error was Source 'a...@gmail.com' doesn't support prompt for credentials. This problem has been found in archlinux already: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/45394 and reported to work OK with 3.16.4, so please package that version or the latest version 3.16.5 in sid. Communicating on the evolution ML gave the following answer (quoting Milan Crha): The only hit by googling is https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/45394 Aah, it references even the fix (kind of), and reports 3.16.4 has it fixed. They are right, the fix doesn't correct already broken account, it only avoids breakage of newly created accounts, thus the recreate of the account is needed. It also makes more sense to me now. I suppose you didn't use GOA at all, you entered your GMail account directly in the Evolution and ticked at the end of the New Account Wizard to create also the Contacts and possibly Calendars. Just go to Edit-Preferences-Mail Accounts and delete the GMail account there. Then create it again, but do not let it create the Contacts. The Contacts require OAuth2 authentication, which evolution currently supports only through GOA. I do not think the roundtrip of adding the new account will be of any help if you'll still use the 3.16.3 though, as that will break the newly created account again. and in a later mail: The actual bug was about adding GOA information into accounts which had nothing to do with GOA, then resulting into the issue with the password you face.
