Re: [Evolution] [Usability] Is it safe to delete things in .gconf? (Documentation question)

[Ritesh Khadgaray <khadgaray gmail com>]

On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 14:49 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Thanks!
>
> On 4/1/07, Ritesh Khadgaray <khadgaray gmail com> wrote:
> > Heya,
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 12:23 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >    Not sure this is the right list for this. The usability issue from
> >
> >   I believe a more appropriate list would be evolution-list at
> > gnome.org .
> <SNIP>
> > out of curiosity, does changing the theme help ?
>
> It did not help. Tried that after we sent the message when my dad had
> time. It didn't effect the problem at all.
> > >    Now, if I run Evolution from my account it works fine, and
> > > additionally it only prints the first 3 lines above, so I assume this
> > > may be a problem with something in .gconf not being correct and
> > > showing up with a crash inside the subroutine eab_vcard_control_new.
> > > Anyone have a feeling for the validity of that idea?
> >
> > Is there any backtrace given bu bug-buddy ?
>
> There was but there were no symbols so it wasn't readable.
> > >    I did some Googling and found folks with other similar problems,
> > > mostly with the panel, etc., who managed to fix their problems by
> > > deleting directories down inside of .gconf. I'd like to try this on my
> > > dad's machine but I cannot find any info on whether it's safe to do.
> > > Is it?
> > Not sure, but to reset evolution settings
> >
> >         $ gconftool-2  --recursive-unset /apps/evolution
>
> I ended up moving the apps/evolution directory out of the way and
> letting Evolution create a new one. After reentering the mail server
> settings Evolution is now working correctly. No problems at all so it
> was something in that directory apparently.
>
> Anyway, now it's fixed. I still have the problem causing directory if
> it's of interest to someone.

Probably a bug report ?
ps : Try looking up older bugzillas


> Take care,
> Mark
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