Re: [Evolution] Evolution crashes when trying to compose email

[Ken Wright <wizard koalatyworks com>]

On Fri, 2022-10-21 at 19:58 -0400, Ken Wright via evolution-list wrote:
> On 2022-10-21 19:45, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > > I just upgraded to Ubuntu 22.10 and Evolution 3.46.0-2, and all
> > > of a sudden I can't compose, send, or reply without Evo
> > > crashing.  There's obviously something wrong in the installation,
> > > but I'm a hardwaregeek, not a software guru.  Can anyone shed any
> > > light on this issue?  
> > > Further details upon request.
> > There's been quite a few reports of crashing with that version. 
> > You don't say what sort of crash you see, but is it anything like
> >
> >  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsoup/-/issues/308
> >
> > which was fixed about a week ago but may take sometime to filter
> > down to the distros.
>
> Okay, you may now mock the hardware geek, because nothing at that
> link made the slightest bit of sense to me.
>
> Now, let me describe the crash.  It starts with the program stopping,
> and after a minute or two I get the option to Wait or Force Quit.  If
> I Wait, I get the same message again a few seconds later.  Force Quit
> does what it says it will, and terminates the program.
>
> If the problem was fixed a week ago, is there a Flatpak I can install
> that works?  I can continue using RoundCube if I need to, but I'd
> rather use Evo.

Replying to myself:  I Googled how to install the most recent Flatpak,
and it appears to be working properly now.  Thanks, Pete, for pointing
me in the right direction!

Ken