Re: [Evolution] {Spam?} Re: Re: Contact List

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Tue, 2012-02-07 at 09:33 -0500, Rick Bragg wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-02-07 at 11:19 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote:
> > On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 22:18 -0500, Rick Bragg wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I lost my contacts list when I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10
> >
> > For the records, Ubuntu 11.10 ships Evolution 3.2.2-.
> >
> > >   (Actually, I
> > > did several upgrades in a row...)  Anyway, it looks like I still have
> > > the "addressbook.db" and "contacts.db" files backed up in several
> > > locations.  Is there a way I can get these back? 
> >
> > What are the exact steps that you perform and what is the output / what
> > do you see?
> >
> > andre
>
> Hi, 
> Unfortunately, I did not do the right thing and back up the full data
> with "Back up Evolution Data..."  I was working with version 10.10

That is an Ubuntu version?

> everything was fine.  I have a backup of that system as it was but again
> I didn't do the official "Back up Evolution Data..." thing.  So all I
> have are the actual files "addressbook.db, contacts.db" folders etc...
> Then I made sure I was up to date and I upgraded to 10.04

To 10.04 from 10.10, as you wrote above? Or did you mean 09.10?

> ; Then again, I
> made sure that was all up to date, and immediately upgraded again to
> 10.10.  I didn't check evolution between these upgrades, but each time I
> did the distro upgrade, I made sure the system was up to date first.
> I'm hoping there is a way that I can import the data some how.  As far
> as these upgrades go, everything seems fine.  When I opened evolution,
> my data was gone including email, calendars, and contacts, but my
> settings were in tact (accounts logins etc).  I took this opportunity to
> change up my email anyway so I'm not worried about the mail, but I can't
> seem to get my contacts back.

You are now using Ubuntu 11.10 which wasn't mentioned yet in your steps.

andre
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