Re: [Evolution] Evolution lost its config - Import from backup fails - copying over directories fails

[Markus Pohle <markus pohle webunity de>]

Hi Pete,

starting Evolution from the command line does not bring any error messages... output to console
looks like this:

markus@local #> evolution 

(evolution:39853): e-data-server-WARNING **: 16:21:57.956: build_categories_filename: Failed to
rename '/home/markus/.evolution/categories.xml' to
'/home/markus/.local/share/evolution/categories.xml': No such file or directory

(evolution:39853): e-data-server-WARNING **: 16:21:58.266: build_categories_filename: Failed to
rename '/home/markus/.evolution/categories.xml' to
'/home/markus/.local/share/evolution/categories.xml': No such file or directory


I tried the import from backup file and this time the import works... Evolution closes itself and
restarts and I got prompted for the passworts of the IMAP and CalDAC accounts. Pls see output to
console from backup file import below.


evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:23.177: First result 0
evolution.dir
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:23.191: Second result 0
module-backup-restore-Message: 16:22:23.194: Sanity check result 1:0 0
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.246: First result 0
evolution.dir
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.263: Second result 0
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.263: evolution --quit

(evolution:40044): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: 16:22:37.473: Your application did not unregister from D-Bus 
before destruction. Consider using g_application_run().
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.478: mv /home/markus/.local/share/evolution
/home/markus/.local/share/evolution_old
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.480: mv /home/markus/.config/evolution
/home/markus/.config/evolution_old
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.482: cd /tmp && tar -xzf '/home/markus/Temp/0066/evolution-
backup-20200907.tar.gz' evolution.dir
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.499: cd /home/markus/.local/share/evolution && tar --strip-
components 3 -xzf '/home/markus/Temp/0066/evolution-backup-20200907.tar.gz' '.local/share/evolution'
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.513: cd /home/markus/.config/evolution && tar --strip-components
2 -xzf '/home/markus/Temp/0066/evolution-backup-20200907.tar.gz' '.config/evolution'
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.535: cat /home/markus/.local/share/evolution/backup-restore-
dconf-eds.ini | dconf load /org/gnome/evolution-data-server/
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.548: rm /home/markus/.local/share/evolution/backup-restore-dconf-
eds.ini
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.550: cat /home/markus/.local/share/evolution/backup-restore-
dconf-evo.ini | dconf load /org/gnome/evolution/
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.556: rm /home/markus/.local/share/evolution/backup-restore-dconf-
evo.ini
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.557: rm -rf /home/markus/.local/share/evolution_old
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.559: rm -rf /home/markus/.config/evolution_old
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.560: rm /home/markus/.config/evolution/.running
rm: cannot remove '/home/markus/.config/evolution/.running': No such file or directory
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:37.561: evolution --force-shutdown
Could not find Evolution's process ID
evolution-backup-Message: 16:22:42.669: gdbus call --session --dest
org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Sources5 --object-path /org/gnome/evolution/dataserver/SourceManager
--method org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.SourceManager.Reload
()
(evolution:40125): e-data-server-ui-WARNING **: 16:30:21.624:
credentials_prompter_get_last_credentials_required_arguments_cb: Failed to get last credential
values: The name is not activatable
(evolution:40125): e-data-server-ui-WARNING **: 16:32:35.867:
credentials_prompter_get_last_credentials_required_arguments_cb: Failed to get last credential
values: The name is not activatable
(evolution:40125): evolution-util-WARNING **: 16:32:38.487: source_selector_write_done_cb: The name
is not activatable
(evolution:40125): e-data-server-ui-WARNING **: 16:32:39.110:
credentials_prompter_get_last_credentials_required_arguments_cb: Failed to get last credential
values: The name is not activatable
(evolution:40125): evolution-util-WARNING **: 16:32:39.117: source_selector_write_done_cb: The name
is not activatable
(evolution:40125): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: 16:32:45.817: Your application did not unregister from D-Bus 
before destruction. Consider using g_application_run().


BUT

When I start Evolution again from the Gnome Applications Menu it starts up with the setup assistent
and all previously imported accounts are gone. I quit this instance from gnome and start it again
from console and everything is fine again... 

So what is the difference?

I opend the Main Menu Editor and looked at the launcher entry for Evolution and the app is started
by the following command:

/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=evolution --file-forwarding
org.gnome.Evolution @@u %U @@


If I do the same on my private laptop the start command for Evolution looks like this

evolution %U

I dont know why there is this difference between my fedora 32 instances, but after changing my work
laptop to "evolution %U" all was fine again.

Thanks for your tip... helped me a lot!
Markus


On Mon, 2020-09-07 at 15:02 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > does anybody know how this comes?
> > any suggestions for a solution?
> If you start Evolution from the command line does it come up with any
> errors?  To me is sounds like a permissions problem.
>
> P.