Re: [Evolution] evolution crashing randomly

[Thomas Mittelstaedt <tmstaedt t-mittelstaedt de>]

> [localbox localhost ~]$ evolution --version
> > GNOME evolution 2.24.4

Why don't you check out the bleeding edge version. Just grab the Makefile at http://mad-scientist.us/Makefile
and do a 'make all'. It will check out the latest subversion trunk version, configure, build and install it 
to /opt/evo. 
I do that for several months now and it works very well.

thomas

P.S.: ... and don't forget to report all those little bugs to http://bugzilla.gnome.org.


Am Freitag, den 27.02.2009, 11:37 -0500 schrieb George Reeke:
> On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 15:16 +0000, Tom H wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > over the last few days, evolution has taken to crashing - the app just
> > disappears a few seconds after start-up. This seems to be triggered by
> > events like clicking on emails or moving mails about, and doesn't seem
> > to be specific to a particular problem email.
> >
> > If I start with the debug flag, it still crashes no interesting errors
> > are recorded;
> > "evolution-shell-Message: Killing old version of
> > evolution-data-server...
> > ** (evolution:8513): DEBUG: mailto URL command: evolution
> > --component=mail %s
> > ** (evolution:8513): DEBUG: mailto URL program: evolution
> > "
> >
> > [localbox localhost ~]$ uname -a
> > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed
> > Feb 11 23:14:31 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > [localbox localhost ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
> > Fedora release 10 (Cambridge)
> > [localbox localhost ~]$ evolution -version
> > Unknown option -version
> > Run 'evolution --help' to see a full list of available command line
> > options.
> > [localbox localhost ~]$ evolution --version
> > GNOME evolution 2.24.4
> > [localbox localhost ~]$ rpm -qi evolution
> > Name        : evolution                    Relocations: (not
> > relocatable)
> > Version     : 2.24.4                            Vendor: Fedora Project
> > Release     : 1.fc10                        Build Date: Fri 30 Jan 2009
> > 22:21:36 GMT
> > Install Date: Wed 25 Feb 2009 20:05:26 GMT      Build Host:
> > x86-4.fedora.phx.redhat.com
> > Group       : Applications/Productivity     Source RPM:
> > evolution-2.24.4-1.fc10.src.rpm
> > Size        : 39833758                         License: GPLv2 and GFDL
> > Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Thu 19 Feb 2009 11:43:38 GMT, Key ID
> > bf226fcc4ebfc273
> > Packager    : Fedora Project
> > URL         : http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
> > Summary     : Mail and calendar client for GNOME
> > Description :
> > Evolution is the GNOME mailer, calendar, contact manager and
> > communications tool.  The components which make up Evolution
> > are tightly integrated with one another and act as a seamless
> > personal information-management tool.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tom H
>
> Dear Tom and list,
>    I have had what appears to be the same problem for some time
> with evo 2.12.3 as suppled with RedHat EL 5.3 (64-bit smp),
> except it can happen well after evolution starts, basically
> anytime the mouse is moved.
>    (My system is a Lenovo T61 laptap if that matters.)
>    Because this is an older version, I did not place a bug with
> the evolution folks, but instead with the RedHat bugzilla.  They
> don't seem very interested.
>    What I have to add to your note is this:  Each time this happens,
> I get a core dump.  You may not if you have dumps turned off in your
> shell preferences (.cshrc or whatever).  I did not install the
> debug source, so these dumps are sort of useless, but if somebody
> would find a dump useful for debugging, please let me know what
> packages are needed to install the debug versions and I will send
> the first dump I get to you.
>    Also, please let me know whether it is appropriate to file a
> bug for 2.12.3 with the evolution bugzilla.
>    Anybody else having this problem?
> George Reeke, Ph.D.
> Head, Laboratory of Biological Modelling
> The Rockefeller University
> 1230 York Avenue
> New York, NY  10065
> email:  reeke rockefeller edu
>
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Thomas Mittelstaedt