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Bug 309624 - An addressbook error tells me to check a filesystem path, but doesn't tell me what it is.
An addressbook error tells me to check a filesystem path, but doesn't tell me...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Contacts
2.2.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: evolution-addressbook-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-07-06 18:30 UTC by Joe Shaw
Modified: 2005-11-25 12:07 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Including the path in the error string. (1.35 KB, patch)
2005-07-08 08:01 UTC, Sushma Rai 		none Details | Review

Description Joe Shaw 2005-07-06 18:30:06 UTC 
Version details: from packages
Distribution/Version: SUSE 9.3

When I try to open my addressbook, I get this error:

Error loading addressbook.

We were unable to open this addressbook.  Please check that the path exists and
that you have permission to access it.

But it does not tell me what the path is, so I can't check.

(I probably copied the .evolution over from another machine... it was quite some
time ago, so I doubt there is an evo bug in the fact that I am getting the error
in the first place, but I could be wrong)
Comment 1 André Klapper 2005-07-07 11:48:04 UTC 
could you submit more information, e.g. starting evolution from a commandline 
and tell us the output? pretty hard to find out what's wrong...

also note that evolution stores its paths and settings in ~/.gconf/apps/
evolution/, only data is stored in ~/.evolution.

setting bug to needinfo, please reopen if you submit more information.
Comment 2 Joe Shaw 2005-07-07 13:56:54 UTC 
Like I said, the cause of the error was certainly my own fault.  I've sinced
fixed it by just moving the ~/.evolution/addressbook/local directory out of the way.

The point of this bug was that the error message is bad.
Comment 3 Sushma Rai 2005-07-08 08:01:40 UTC 
Created attachment 48816 [details] [review]
Including the path in the error string.
Comment 4 Sushma Rai 2005-07-08 08:07:17 UTC 
Fix committed to cvs head.
Comment 5 Nagappan Alagappan 2005-08-31 14:18:40 UTC 
Joe: Can you please verify this bug with latest evolution build and update this
bug ?