[Bug 662869] Re: Evolution starts as if it was the first time (with settings wizard)
[Expired for evolution (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662869 Title: Evolution starts as if it was the first time (with settings wizard) -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 662869] Re: Evolution starts as if it was the first time (with settings wizard)
Here is the content of my ~/.gconf/apps/evolution/%gconf.xml: ?xml version=1.0? gconf entry name=last_version mtime=1287481220 type=string stringvalue2.30.0/stringvalue /entry entry name=version mtime=1287013139 type=string stringvalue2.30.0/stringvalue /entry /gconf I assume something is missing... -- Evolution starts as if it was the first time (with settings wizard) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662869 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 662869] Re: Evolution starts as if it was the first time (with settings wizard)
Yes, indeed. Pretty much *all* of Evolution's basic configuration... But I wonder what you used to edit the file. On 'gedit', for example, I see the full file. On 'xmlcopyeditor', I see pretty much what you posted... Please try 'gedit', and 'less'. What we are looking for should be like below: entry name=accounts mtime=1281451213 schema=/schemas/apps/evolution/mail/accounts type=list ltype=string li type=string stringvaluelt;?xml version=quot;1.0quot;?gt; lt;account name=quot;HGGDHquot; uid=quot;1266522774.1895...@xangoquot; enabled=quot;truequot;gt;lt;identitygt;lt;namegt;C de-Avillezlt;/namegt;lt;addr-specgt;hgg...@ubuntu.comlt;/addr-specgt;lt;signature uid=quot;quot;/gt;lt;/identitygt;lt;source save-passwd=quot;truequot; keep-on-server=quot;falsequot; auto-check=quot;truequot (...) /stringvalue /li (...) /entry Alternatively, you can try Applications/System Tools/Configuration Editor (or run, for the command line, 'gconf-editor', and navigate to the correct place (/apps/evolution/mail). -- Evolution starts as if it was the first time (with settings wizard) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662869 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 662869] Re: Evolution starts as if it was the first time (with settings wizard)
Gedit is what I used to open %gconf.xml. I tried Less too (now), but it didn't find any more information. Gconf-editor shows a list of value names and values (21): - accounts key has no value (there's a small square where the value should be) - default_account key shows a string of numbers and my machine name - save_dir key refers to a hard disk that I removed two months ago - signatures key says signature name=Created automatically [my translation from Finnish] followed by a string of numbers and my machine name - other values don't seem to have any obvious connection to me or my system -- Evolution starts as if it was the first time (with settings wizard) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662869 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 662869] Re: Evolution starts as if it was the first time (with settings wizard)
Thank you for opening this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. Although bug 327503 is a slightly different scenario, it sounds plausible that something similar may have happened here (running out of disk space *may* cause unexpected problems -- it all depends on what was being tried to be written to disc at the point of failure, or shortly after). Now, it is interesting that you get the the setup wizard when you start. This suggests that ~/.gconf/apps/evolution is partially, or totally, corrupted. Of special interest would be the file ~/.gconf/apps/evolution/%gconf.xml -- this is where the accounts reside. You should be able to browse this file via any editor. Look for lines starting with lt;account name=quot; (account name=) -- these should be the accounts you have set up (or had...). Not sure what can be done here. We will go from there. But, a probable good option is to save the current '%gconf.xml', and simply recreate the account data. ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- Evolution starts as if it was the first time (with settings wizard) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662869 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
