Re: [Evolution] Evolution on Ubuntu many problems - Help required

[Per <pmknutsen gmail com>]

Jonathan,

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Jonathan Harrison
<jonathan harrison baroni-limited com> wrote:
> Dear sirs
> I have a number of issues with Evolution and am unable to get any help resolving them or acknowledgement 
> that there is an issue.  I am hoping that by submitting here some one can help.  I have raised the issues 
> on the Ubuntu Forum at the following links.
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2075709
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2085832
>
> These issues are not on ONE machine, but 5.  A mix of home build and off the shelf, 32-bit and 64-bit, 
> fresh build and upgrade, so no common denominator other than they are all on the same release of Ubuntu 
> 12:10 and latest Evolution 3.6.0.  Here are the issues:

I am a a Ubuntu user too, and recognize some of the problems you're reporting.

> 1. Since Ubuntu upgrade to 12:10 from 12:04 Evolution keeps crashing. I had this issue with 12:04 and fixed 
> it by purging and reinstalling. I followed the same steps, but this time it does not work.

You need to provide some more details here. Since we are using the
same Ubuntu and Evo versions, is your problem by any chance similar to
one I posted earlier?;
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2012-November/msg00021.html
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688622

Characteristic of this problem is that a large number of jobs appear
in the status bar that never seem to end. Evo is unresponsive, and has
to be killed and restarted. Answers on this list and elsewhere was to
test Evo 3.6.2.

> 2. I also find an issue with auto-signatures.

Evo 3.6.0 has issues with auto-signatures. See;
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2012-November/msg00007.html

and note the answer this problem was fixed in Evo 3.6.1;
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684249

I have not been able to confirm the fix since I have not found a way
to install 3.6.1 yet. It seems we have to wait for the Ubuntu
repositories to get updated. Note that the last Evo build is 3.6.2. My
experience posting questions on this list is that developers are
reluctant to take on problems unless you use the last Evo build, which
we Ubuntu users generally don't. If someone could post advice how to
get the latest build to run (e.g. building from source), that would be
very useful!

 - Per


> I have about 5 accounts I manage in my client. One is my Default. I have set different auto-signatures for 
> each account. When I create a message it adds the correct auto-signature, BUT also adds the default 
> signature too. I have disabled the auto-signature in the Default account and it has stopped happening, but 
> I do not now have an auto-signature in the main account, I have to add it manually.
>
> 3. In "Reply" the first character of the eMail Header is put on the end of the previous line. I.e. if the 
> Header of the replied message is:
>
> PHP Code:
> -----Original Message-----
> To: 'CliveABCD aol com' <CliveABCD aol com>
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:06:49 +0000
> I get.....
>
> PHP Code:
> -
> ----Original Message-----T
> o: 'CliveABCD aol com' <CliveABCD aol com>D
> ate: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:06:49 +0000
> This is an actual cut n paste with the name changed for security reasons.
>
> All these are found on all (5) the machines we are running Ubuntu and Evolution on..... All latest 
> Evolution and Ubuntu releases.
>
> 4. Also it hangs when synchronizing... Not all the time, just when it has a number of folders to 
> synchronise and always after about `5 minutes of use. I have to kill it and reboot, which is not good.
>
> 5.  In Calendar, when invitations are responded to, it does not recognise them so can not update the record.
>
> 6. Also in Calendar the tabs for Chair and "required attendee" do not work....
>
>
> There are quite a few anomalies.  I have raised these on the Ubuntu Forum, and had a number of other users 
> complain of the same, but no help in getting a fix.  Can anyone help, please?
>
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Jonathan
>
>
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