Re: [Evolution] segfault on start in Debian Squeeze

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 05:27 -0500, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> Hello, all.  I have a fresh installation of fully updated Debian
> Squeeze.  It has installed Evolution 2.30.3-5.  All seemed to be
> working
> well.  I then installed barry from Debian unstable for Blackberry
> synchronization.  This had nothing to do with synchronizing to
> Evolution; it is strictly for tethering my Asus netbook.
>
> Since then, Evolution segfaults on startup.  If I do evolution
> --disable-eplugin, it starts.  I then tried to configure which plugins
> were loaded so I could narrow down the problem but it looks like I do
> not have that option when all plugins are disabled.

Sounds like your installation of barry stepped on some library used by
both apps. Given that it's unstable, this could explain the segfault.
You should try and back out the barry install (not just uninstall barry
but also any libraries it installed) and see if it fixes the issue.

poc