Re: [Evolution] Evolution doesn't start

[Jörg Jenetzky <bb jenetzky wtnet de>]

Hi Paul,

am 22.02.2015 um 22:59 schrieb Paul Smith:
> [lots of good stuff]
>
> If Evolution won't even start before dumping core then my suspicion is
> there's something corrupted about its installation in your home
> directory, or "all the Evolution data" which you still have on your
> drive (where did that data come from?)
A former evolution usage in combination with a unsuccessful migration
from an older Ubuntu system. Must have been when they started this Unity
thing that I disliked.

The data came out of an installation around 3.1, the restauration failed
in 3.2.3, as I remember. So, changes in file systems are not likely to
be the issue. I fetched it from my backup and this is IMHO not likely to
be corrupted either.

As I wrote on June 8th 2013 18:26 in
http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/evolution-startet-nach-backup-nicht-mehr/:
> gconftool --load=$HOME/.local/share/evolution/backup-restore-gconf.xml
on the newly installed Linux Mint didn't work.
Don't know whether the backup was corrupted anyway or some process
didn't work out - just beats me. No help on the forums was available,
and I needed to use the system for daily tasks.
So I gave up and went to use Thunderbird on that same system.

As I print out more important eMails, there wasn't too much lost.

Now I suspect that the current problems result out of artefacts of the
failed restauration.

> I recommend the following steps:
>
> First, create a new temporary user account on your system, log in as
> that account, and try to start Evolution. [...]
Worked.
Evolution is fine.

> If starting Evolution in a new user account works, then most likely
> there's something whacked about the "Evolution data" you've got.
Yes, this seems confirmed now.

Anyway, there is something very wrong about it.

Where do I find a complete list of places to clean up?

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

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