Re: [Evolution] 'Cannot initialize Evolution shell' error

[Ben Ricker <bricker wellinx com>]

Thanks for the help. I did force some dependencies as I could not remove 
the components through red-carpet because of those dependencies so I 
removed everything and then ran red-carpet to reinstall.

I did find sone .oafinfo files in /usr/local/share and I deleted the 
whole oaf directory there as well as deleteing the .oafinfo files in 
/usr/share/oaf. I still get the same error when I run as my normal user 
and as root. Here is the gdb trace when running Evolution as root:

"Starting program: /usr/bin/evolution

GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols 
specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

GLib-CRITICAL **: file ghash.c: line 138 (g_hash_table_lookup): 
assertion `hash_table != NULL' failed.

GLib-CRITICAL **: file ghash.c: line 138 (g_hash_table_lookup): 
assertion `hash_table != NULL' failed.

Program exited with code 01"

Does this help?

Ben Ricker
System Administrator
Wellinx.com

Ettore Perazzoli wrote:

> > I too have get the Evolution shell error and I even posted a gdb 
> > traceback, but no one responded. I have made *4* attempts to get an 
> > answer and no one has responded except those who said "I have the same 
> > problem and no one responded".
>
>
>   OK, the reason for this is simply that OAF doesn't make it easy for us
> to figure out what is wrong.
>
>   If the shell reports that it cannot be initialized, it simply means
> that OAF couldn't register it as a component.  Unfortunately, OAF
> doesn't return a helpful error code, so we cannot pop up a more useful
> error message nor easily figure out what is wrong with your machine.
>
>   The only thing I am sure about is that this should never ever happen
> with the Ximian packages.  It is caused by either a nasty OAF bug that
> we don't know about, or simply an installation problem.
>
>   Anyway, try checking these things:
>
>     * Make sure that GNOME_Evolution_Shell.oaf and the other
>       GNOME_Evolution*.oaf files are installed in $prefix/share/oaf.
>       (If you install from RPMs, that would be /usr/share/oaf.)  These
>       files must be readable by yourself.
>
>     * Make sure there are no old evolution-related .oafinfo files that
>       are not installed by the packages in $prefix/share/oaf nor any
>       other of the prefixes listed in eitehr GNOME_PATH or
>       OAF_INFO_PATH.
>
>   My feeling is that you installed something by hand or forced some
> dependencies (or maybe mixed packages), and that your system is now not
> 100% clean.
>
>   I hope this helps, and sorry for your troubles.