Re: [Evolution] Problems with my evolution calendar on a new computer.

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 16:10 -0600, Leonard Evens wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 19:51 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 10:38 -0600, Leonard Evens wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 03:05 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 13:22 -0600, Leonard Evens wrote:
> > > > > The links say it can be fixed by editing the appropriate entry(ies)
> > > > > under .gconf,  but they aren't very specific.  Apparently I have to edit
> > > > > one or more of the xml files %gconf.xml,  and I don't understand the
> > > > > syntax well enough to do that.
> > > >
> > > > Does https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=634794#c1 and later
> > > > comments help?
> > >
> > > No.
> >
> > So what exactly is unclear?
>
> It starts by saying
>
> "start gconf-editor, go to /apps/evolution/addressbook/source"
>
> I don't think I can do that.  When I open gconf-editor,  I can find on
> the left
> /apps/evolution/addressbook
>
> but I don't find source under that on the left.  I do find
> completion, display, and select_names.  Highlighting those doesn't
> indicate any source or sources on the right.

Yes, that's right - /apps/evolution/addressbook/sources is the name of
the key, i.e. the path to the key 'sources' is in the left hand column
(/apps/evolution/addressbook) and the name of the key is under the name
column on the right hand side.  If you click on 'sources' you will see
at the bottom that it's listed as the key name.  There are further
sublevels of keys under addressbook, that's why there are more things
listed.


> So  I can't figure out how to continue with
>
> "and edit
> it manually to point to the right places."

Right click on 'sources' and select "Edit key...".  When the Edit Key
window comes up I suggest you make it as wide as possible because the
key values are very lengthy!

This particular key contains a list of values and to make things even
more confusing, each list element is an XML blob.  What you are looking
for are elements that have as part of them the stanza 'name="On This
Computer"' - you should have two (or more) of them.  You need to delete
(i.e. click on Remove at the right hand side) the ones you don't want -
I *think* the values are in the order they are displayed in Evo so that
should give you a clue which ones to remove.  Click on OK to save the
key.  Now go and do the same for the calendar.

If you just need to remove the value, this is the easiest way.  If you
need to edit the value, then it is painful to deal with these large XML
blobs through the built in editor because it only gives you about a 10
character window on the whole string.  Simple edits should be OK, but
complex edits you need to copy the value to another editor and play with
it there, then copy it back.

Statutory small print:  Fiddling with gconf can break things, think what
you are doing and check before clicking OK.  Make sure Evo is shut down
completely before doing this otherwise it will just re-write the bad
gconf settings back when it shuts down.

P.