Re: [Evolution] Corrupted data during palm sync

[James Hendeson <hendi millcomm com>]

Gunther,

I did solve the problem.  Thank goodness I did backup my home directory
before I switched to FC3.

I spent hours trying to figure this out.  I finally, out of desperation
and things getting progressively worse,  I reformatted my system (yes
the whole thing) and reinstalled FC2.  I then restored my backed up home
directory. After which I reinstalled FC3 and Evolution converted the old
data from V1.4 to 2.02.  Since this is a home PC the total loss (besides
all the time) was a weeks worth of email.

Guess I have been a Linux newbe for 3 years now. :(  Someday things will
start to click (I hope).

Thanks for responding.  I am printing your note for future reference!

Jim

On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 14:35 +0100, guenther wrote:
> > After having installed FC3 over FC2 the first time I synced my Palm
> > with Evolution my calendar and contacts have become corrupted.   I
> > have duplicate address entries of everyone and many duplicate calendar
> > entries.  I wish I could say that it happened on only one location but
> > my palm now has the same problem.  Also, the contacts have some of the
> > data jumbled (in one John Doe I have a home phone number and the other
> > John Doe the number is in the office phone number).  It is quite a
> > mess!
> >
> > Is there a way to delete the E2.0.2 data and recover my data from the
> > prior version's data that I saved?  If so, what would the procedure
> > be?  Which files do I need to delete and how do I extract the data
> > from the old files (what are they named and where are they)?  I tried
> > to do a file search looking for someone's name but found nothing.
>
> "Prior versions data"? You mean, the Evolution 1.4 data?
>
> Then yes, it is possible to get those data back, if you backed it up.
>
> Basically, you can overwrite the current (2.0.x) Address Book data with
> the old 1.4.x data. Make backups before messing with this! Paranoia
> safes your day.
>
>
> Stop all Evolution processes by running 'evolution --force-shutdown'.
> Then copy your old addressbook.db file from ~/evolution (I don't
> remember the exact path) to the new location:
>   ~/.evolution/addressbook/local/system/addressbook.db
>
> Start Evo again. This should work.
>
>
> If you don't feel like overwriting the default Address Book, you should
> even be able to create a new (empty) Address Book and copy your old data
> there.
>
> To prevent data loss in case this bug strikes again, you can export your
> Address Book to a vCard file and import it at any time.
>
>
> FWIW: If you encounter dupes only, there is a 'dedupe' (or similar) tool
> to delete dupes on the palm.
>
> HTH
>
> ...guenther