[Evolution] "Cannot initialize the Evolution shell."

["eric a . Farris" <eafarris al umces edu>]

I've had this error on both the Debian Evolution snapshot and a newly
checked-out clean compile from cvs. Evolution gives me the 'i'm making
directories for you' message and then i get a "Cannot initialize the
Evolution shell." dialog box. nothing is printed to stdout, and clicking
ok on that box ends evolution. i am very eager to try this app... any
suggestions?

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eric a. Farris  eafarris al umces edu  www.bigfoot.com/~eafarris
Systems Administrator
Appalachian Laboratory, UMCES  www.al.umces.edu

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