Re: Fwd: Re: [Evolution] address autocomplete broken in my 1.4.5 build

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> 1 - address autocomplete works if I create a new
> 'test' user and start evolution from scratch. 
>
> 2 - if I move my own  ~/evolution directory to
> ~/oldevolution, or ~/crap , and then start up
> evolution,   
> a few things aren't found (like my shortcuts.xml), but
> most things, including my address book are! I don't
> see a .evolution directory or file, is there another
> place that a copy of these files or pointer to them
> might be residing? I'm guessing that this problem is
> actually at the root of my fixing the autocomplete by
> overwriting the dysfunctional files with the correct
> one. 

The backends are still running holding a copy of the Address Book in
memory. Before moving your data, close the backends:

$ evolution --force-shutdown


> Can anyone help me figure out where all of the
> configuration information for evolution might be
> hiding if it's not directly under the ~/evolution
> directory? 

Well, if autocompletion does not trigger (remember, at least 3 chars),
check your settings:

 Tools / Settings / Folder Settings / Autocompletion Folders


HTH

...guenther


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