Re: [Evolution] total backup?

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 18:25, Danny Wilson wrote:
> Hi,
> A few days ago, I booted up my laptop and seemed to have lost quite a
> few settings, the desktop image, menus, icons, evolution to name some.
> (the only thing I noticed was the HD going overtime before I shut it
> down the night before)

Ouch!

> Evolution started as if I hadn't used it before, I entered mail account
> info, it found my mail again, but lost the mail accounts I had and the
> settings for the summary page.
> I not sure what files got lost/damaged, but should copying the
> /evolution folder also back up the other settings as well as the mail?
> If not is there a way to back up the mail settings?

Yes, just copying/backing up the data in ~/evolution should suffice.

> I've since been having trouble with Red Carpet, it just hangs
> downloading channel data (Ximian GNOME Desktop). Can I reset it or
> something to get it going again?

Sounds like you have some unrelated system problems.

I dunno, check rpm works properly and stuff like that I guess ?

> any advice appreciated
>
> cheers,
> danny
>
>
>
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