Re: [Evolution] Bug

[Reid Thompson <reid thompson ateb com>]

Matthew Barnes wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 15:18 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > Except that Evo needs to connect to an X server even just to shut down.
> > I've occasionally wanted to log in remotely and kill an Evo session, and
> > pkill is simpler in this case. (I know you can do "ssh -X" but I for one
> > never remember that until I've already logged in :-)
>
> Handy tip:
>
> "--force-shutdown" just spawns ${libexec}/evolution/2.12/killev.
> Calling killev directly doesn't require a display.
>
> Matthew Barnes
>
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FAQ update??

Evolution has frozen / has crashed, what shall I do?

You can kill Evolution by running the command evolution --force-shutdown (you 
need an X display to do this). If possible, also submit a bug report (see above).