Re: [Evolution] Some features not working after move to amd64

["Scott T. Hildreth" <shildret scotth emsphone com>]

On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 09:24 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 18:20 -0500, Scott T. Hildreth wrote:
> > I recently got a new sever (64bit) and installed evolution and then 
> > tared up my evolution files on my old i386 server and moved it to my
> > new sever.
>
> How did you tar them up?  Did you use the "Backup Evolution Settings"
> function within Evo? 
Yes I used the Evo Backup.

>  What was your previous version?

2.32.1, sorry was rushing out the door and forgot to give the version.

> >   I wasn't sure if the sqlite db files would be okay, but 
> > I ran the sqlite vacuum on them and removed all the ibex files before
> > starting up the new evolution.
>
> As far as I know you can just blow away the db files anyway - they get
> recreated automatically by Evo.

Okay, I'll try that.

> >   All my folders are there, but certain 
> > features are not working.  For one I don't see a spamd running, which I 
> > always saw on my other servers (started by evolution).  I don't know if 
> > one is supposed to be running all the time or just started when needed.
> > I did notice that sometimes there would be more than one spamd running 
> > and I needed to kill them.
>
> I think Evolution now uses bogofilter by default rather than
> spamassassin (I don't use it, I have server side spam filtering).  Make
> sure you have the right packages installed and that you have the
> relevant options enabled.

I'm sure I do, but I will double check.

> >   Also the mark messages read is not working 
> > when I click on the message, I have to click the mail icon on the left
> > or right click for the menu and mark as read.  Images are not being
> > loaded in the emails and if I go into preferences to change the behavior
> > the options for images are grayed out so I am not able to select any of 
> > them.  I suspect one of my configs or db files from the i386 server is 
> > causing the issue.  Can anyone deny or confirm this?
>
> You could try creating a new account with a clean config of Evo to see
> if the issue is with Evo itself or with your specific setup.

Probably my best bet right now.

> In anycase there has been a long (a v.loooong) thread recently about Evo
> 2.32.1 on FreeBSD (which I see you are using - you didn't actually say)

Yes, sorry.  FreeBSD 8.2 

> and it looks like the port isn't fully working yet (that's just reading
> between the lines), so it might be worthwhile engaging with the FreeBSD
> community about this.

I think that is the exchange that is not working, but I will check the 
ports list.  I had no problems on my 2 other servers, which are 32bit,
not sure if that matters.  

>

Thanks Pete.

> P.
>
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