Public bug reported: Binary package hint: evolution
Hi, I was reading mail as usual with evolution and suddenly evolution would not display the contents of messages. The folders content was displayed but when I clicked on a message the message pane was empty. Here is an excerpt of the error messages I saw on the terminal: (evolution-2.8:21406): GLib-WARNING **: giounix.c:400Error while getting flags for FD: Bad file descriptor (9) (evolution-2.8:21406): camel-WARNING **: Could not save object state file to '/home/bonnaud/.evolution/mail/imap/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/folders/INBOX/.#cmeta': Too many open files I/O error : Too many open files I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/bonnaud/.evolution/mail/views/current_view-imap:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (evolution-2.8:21406): camel-WARNING **: Could not save object state file to '/home/bonnaud/.evolution/mail/imap/[EMAIL PROTECTED] grenoble.fr/folders/admin/.#cmeta': Too many open files (evolution-2.8:21406): camel-WARNING **: Could not save object state file to '/home/bonnaud/.evolution/mail/imap/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/folders/admin/.#cmeta': Too many open files I/O error : Too many open files I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/bonnaud/.evolution/mail/views/current_view-imap:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Evolution displayed one such message for all folders in my accounts. When I tried to quit Evolution, it displayed a dialog box with this error message: Internal error, unknown error 'mail:async-error' requested Package: evolution Version: 2.8.1-0ubuntu1 Severity: normal -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers edgy-updates APT policy: (500, 'edgy-updates'), (500, 'edgy-security'), (500, 'edgy-backports'), (500, 'edgy') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-10-generic Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages evolution depends on: ii dbus 0.93-0ubuntu2 simple interprocess messaging syst ii evolution-data-serv 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 evolution database backend server ii gconf2 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 GNOME configuration database syste ii gnome-icon-theme 2.16.0.1-0ubuntu2 GNOME Desktop icon theme ii gtkhtml3.8 3.12.1-0ubuntu1 HTML rendering/editing library - b ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi ii libatk1.0-0 1.12.3-0ubuntu1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6ubuntu1 Open-source version of SGI's audio ii libavahi-client3 0.6.13-2ubuntu2 Avahi client library ii libavahi-common3 0.6.13-2ubuntu2 Avahi common library ii libavahi-glib1 0.6.13-2ubuntu2 Avahi glib integration library ii libbonobo2-0 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library ii libbonoboui2-0 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 The Bonobo UI library ii libc6 2.4-1ubuntu11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.2.4-1ubuntu1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libcamel1.2-8 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 The Evolution MIME message handlin ii libdbus-1-3 0.93-0ubuntu2 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.71-1ubuntu1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libebook1.2-9 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 Client library for evolution addre ii libecal1.2-7 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 Client library for evolution calen ii libedataserver1.2-7 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 Utility library for evolution data ii libedataserverui1.2 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 GUI utility library for evolution ii libegroupwise1.2-12 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 Client library for accessing group ii libesd-alsa0 [libes 0.2.36-3ubuntu3 Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - ii libexchange-storage 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 Backend library for evolution cale ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-7ubuntu2 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgconf2-4 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 GNOME configuration database syste ii libgcrypt11 1.2.2-2 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu1 library to load .glade files at ru ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.4-0ubuntu1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnome-keyring0 0.6.0-0ubuntu1 GNOME keyring services library ii libgnome-pilot2 2.0.14-0ubuntu2 Support libraries for gnome-pilot ii libgnome2-0 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.14.0-3ubuntu1 A powerful object-oriented display ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.12.1-5ubuntu1 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture - ii libgnomeprintui2.2- 2.12.1-4 GNOME 2.2 print architecture User ii libgnomeui-0 2.16.1-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.16.1-0ubuntu2 GNOME virtual file-system (runtime ii libgnutls13 1.4.0-3ubuntu1 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr ii libgpg-error0 1.2-1 library for common error values an ii libgtk2.0-0 2.10.6-0ubuntu1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libgtkhtml3.8-15 3.12.1-0ubuntu1 HTML rendering/editing library - r ii libhal1 0.5.7.1-0ubuntu14 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii libice6 2:1.0.1-1ubuntu1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii liblaunchpad-integr 0.1.4 library for launchpad integration ii libldap2 2.1.30-13build1 OpenLDAP libraries ii liblpint-bonobo0 0.1.4 library for launchpad integration ii libnotify1 0.4.2-0ubuntu3 sends desktop notifications to a n ii liborbit2 1:2.14.3-0ubuntu1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB ii libpango1.0-0 1.14.5-0ubuntu1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpisock9 0.12.1-5 library for communicating with a P ii libpisync0 0.12.1-5 synchronization library for PalmOS ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.1 PNG library - runtime ii libpopt0 1.10-2 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii libselinux1 1.30-1 SELinux shared libraries ii libsm6 2:1.0.1-1ubuntu1 X11 Session Management library ii libsoup2.2-8 2.2.96-0ubuntu1 an HTTP library implementation in ii libtasn1-3 0.3.5-1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime) ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-0ubuntu3 X11 client-side library ii libxcursor1 1.1.7-0ubuntu1 X cursor management library ii libxext6 2:1.0.1-1ubuntu1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.1-0ubuntu1 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii libxi6 2:1.0.1-0ubuntu1 X11 Input extension library ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.1-4build1 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxml2 2.6.26.dfsg-2ubuntu3 GNOME XML library ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.1-0ubuntu1 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.1-0ubuntu1 X Rendering Extension client libra ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13ubuntu1 compression library - runtime Versions of packages evolution recommends: ii evolution-plugins 2.8.1-0ubuntu1 All bundled plugins for Evolution ii gnome-desktop-data 2.16.1-0ubuntu1 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a ii gnome-pilot-conduits 2.0.14-0ubuntu1 conduits for gnome-pilot ii yelp 2.16.1-0ubuntu2 Help browser for GNOME 2 -- no debconf information ** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- messages not displayed (Too many open files) https://launchpad.net/bugs/64732 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs