Re: Evolution with gnome2.8

[Ernesto Jardim <ernesto ipimar pt>]

On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 04:14, Eugene Marcotte wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just (well off and on all day) built 2.8 and, of course, with it
> evolution. I had to change the makefile a bit to allow ssl and to
> disable the gnome-spell dependancy because gnome-spell was not compiling
> for some reason, however, i did manage to get it running.
> 
> I made a backup of my evolution folder because I know it's a big(ish)
> jump to 2.0, and I didn't want to lose anything.
> 
> 
> So, I ran it. It imported my old evolution 1.4 settings and mail and
> everything, however, my contacts seem to be broken. When I click the
> contacts button, then click on one of the options in the side pane it
> says: "error loading addressbook. We were unable to open this address
> book, check permissions etc", so basically i'm wondering is the a
> garnome/my hacked makefile problem or a problem with evolution that I
> should report a bug or what? Am I just missing something stupid? 
> 
> Has anyone else had this problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eugene

Hi Eugene,

I had that problem with 2.6.x and the only solution I found was to
export my contacts from evo1.4 and import them with the new evo.

Regards

EJ