Re: [Evolution] Performance Issues

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> What works:
> Eamil.
> What partially works:
> Calander. I can see everything but when I try and create meeting in
> the calendar, I get the following error:
> Failed to open calendar 'Contacts : Birthdays & Anniversaries'
> Contacts:
> Doesn't work at all. 

How did you create the account in Evolution?  Try using Gnome Online
Accounts (GOA) to provision the account if that isn't what you used.
Contacts definitely works with Gmail.

For the calendar error, Evo uses information in your Contacts for the
Birthday & Anniversaries calendar: if your contacts aren't working
properly, then the B&A isn't going to work. What you need to do is tell
Evo to not use the B&A for anything. So Edit -> Preferences -> Calendar
& Tasks.  Go through each tab and unclick the "Birthday &
Anniversaries" where it appears (in Reminders and Meeting Invitations
probably).  You might also want to untick that calendar in the calendar
view as well.

>  
> My issue is with evolution generai performance.
> I am running on XFCE4-12.
>
> When I click to open an email, a new windows pops up almost
> immediately and its all black inside for about 1-2 seconds, and then
> the email eventually, rather slowly paints in.
>
> When I scroll through the email lists whether on local folders or on
> folders on the server, there is a very large lag. Its only JUST
> usable.

As others have said, that could be a theme issue or at least something
to do with the underlying window manager, not an Evolution issue.

Might I suggest you try something like Fedora (you can run it as a
LiveCD without installing) to see what it is like on your system with a
full Gnome desktop.  If that works and you are using Evolution on a
day-to-day basis as a work tool, then you might want to think about
running Gnome rather than XFCE (*) - it will largely just work.

P.

* Yes, I know some people don't like Gnome, that people think it's
bloatware, that users want a "Start" button. But it's a tool, and a
tool is useless if it doesn't do the job properly.