[Evolution] [Fwd: Re: evolution locking up]

["LLLActive GMX Net" <LLLActive GMX Net>]

> On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 16:30 +0200, LLLActive GMX Net wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 10:06 -0400, Brian L Scipioni wrote:
> > > I have a serious problem with evolution "hanging" and locking my
> > > display
> > > and spinning using large amounts of CPU and/or network. 
> >
> > I have had this problem this week also. Have a look at the Hard Drive
> > access (LED in front of PC if it is connected). It has always done it in
> > conjunction with hard disk access in my case, also several versions of
> > SuSE in the past. See my mail of today 11:45 CET. 
> >
> > Can you get to another Linux box and ssh to the locked down system? I
> > can. Then I usually try to kill Evo, but it does not always help. Today
> > I waited 5 minutes and used console Str-Alt-F1 and logged in, killing
> > Evo and the system was OK. Now all seems to be OK.
> >
> > In the past I also could not get Evo to run again, with Bugbuddy popping
> > up. 
> >
> > All that helped sometimes was to rename the .evolution directory
> > to .evolution-old, and restarted Evo. It built a new directory and all
> > else. I had to rebuild most of the filters, pop-accounts etc. Sometimes
> > renaming the new .evolution directory and copying the old .evolution-old
> > to .evolution worked; but mostly not.
> >
> > There ware such problems before. Look in the Mailing-List Archives.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Brian L Scipioni <brian scipioni janusresearch com>
> To: LLLActive GMX Net
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] evolution locking up
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:40:37 -0400
>
> Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one.  What is the difference between the
> evolution directory and the .evolution directory (beside the different
> contents).  

The /home/<user>/.evolution directory is the user data, in a hidden
directory. The local user config in /home/<user>/.gconf/apps/evolution
and bnome2_private/evolution has the pop accounts.


The /opt/gnome/lib64/evolution, /opt/gnome/share/evolution, /opt/gnome/share/omf/evolution/ are programme 
directories. Don't change them.


> Is one legacy?
>
> Sure, I can always kill it from another box (or a console) and sometimes
> all is OK after that, but not this time.
>
> I thought of moving .evolution out too.  I tried it first with evolution
> not knowing which was which. 

I use OpenSUSE. There is no evolution I can see other than those I
mentioned above.

>  I know there is corrupted data - before it
> crashes it can only see a small part of my inbox, thens hangs reading
> it.  I have inbox emails I need too.

That is why I leave my mails on the mail-server for quite a while. They
all come again when a new account is made in Evo. The server has enough
space, till the problem is sorted out.

> Anyone know how to validate/reset the .evolution tree without trashing
> it?

I'd also like to know ...