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

[Rick Bragg <lists gmnet net>]

On Tue, 2012-02-07 at 15:44 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote:
> 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

Hi Andre,
Sorry, I got the numbers all mixed up.  I'm not doing too well today;)
Yes it is Ubuntu distro, and the version I starting with is 10.10, then
upgraded to 11.04, then upgraded again to 11.10.

Thanks!
Rick