Re: [Evolution] OpenLDAP/evolution problem.

[Wouter van Marle <wouter squirrel-systems com>]

On 11 Sep 07, at 0:44, Thomas Novin wrote:

> > In Evolution, I add the address book with the server, and ask for "get
> > search base". Then it correctly returns "dc=squirrel-systems,dc=com".
> > So there is a connection with the OpenLDAP server! However that's all:
> > I don't get any contacts listed.
>
> This is similar to my issue[1] that I sent with subject 'Problem
> fetching my LDAP addressbook' Aug 30 22:12. I never received any
> responses to that one though.

It is working (kinda) in both applications for me. Dumb luck finding 
out though.

The solution: I must search for the addresses. Searching with "contact 
contains" and then filling in a single space gives me (all of the) 
contacts!! So also in ibook's addressbook application.

A very stupid and non-intuitive workaround to what I see as a serious 
Evolution shortcoming.

Evolution doesn't seem to get any stabler recently either... the 
version with Mandriva 2007.1 is very unstable, crashing at least once a 
day.

Wouter.

> Surely it must be someone which successfully uses Evolution + LDAP
> addressbook?
>
> 1.
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2007-August/msg00222.html
>
>
> Rgds,
>
> Thomas