GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 272217
evolution crashes on startup
Last modified: 2005-03-24 21:05:28 UTC
Distribution: Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) Package: Evolution Priority: Normal Version: GNOME2.8.0 unspecified Gnome-Distributor: Red Hat, Inc Synopsis: evolution crashes on startup Bugzilla-Product: Evolution Bugzilla-Component: Mailer Bugzilla-Version: unspecified BugBuddy-GnomeVersion: 2.0 (2.8.0) Description: Description of the crash: This crash occurs when evolution is invoked on the command line. There is no ~/evolution or ~/.evolution directory. A Migrating... dialogue appears without any text. On the terminal window from which the command had been executed: @sparks -- ewest> evolution evolution-shell-Message: Killing old version of evolution-data-server... loading error file /usr/share/evolution/2.0/errors/mail-composer-errors.xml loading error file /usr/share/evolution/2.0/errors/mail-errors.xml loading error file /usr/share/evolution/2.0/errors/calendar-errors.xml loading error file /usr/share/evolution/2.0/errors/shell-errors.xml loading error file /usr/share/evolution/2.0/errors/addressbook-errors.xml loading error file /usr/share/evolution/2.0/errors/e-system-errors.xml loading error file /usr/share/evolution/2.0/errors/filter-errors.xml (evolution:9972): e-error.c-WARNING **: No parent set, or default parent available for error dialog addressbook_migrate (1.4.0) (evolution:9972): e-utils-WARNING **: cannot open `/usr2/home/ewest/evolution/local': Error opening directory '/usr2/home/ewest/evolution/local': No such file or directory trying to migrate from /usr2/home/ewest/evolution/addressbook-sources.xml trying to migrate completion folders (evolution:9972): evolution-addressbook-WARNING **: found completion folder with uri `file:///usr2/home/ewest/evolution/local/Contacts' that doesn't correspond to anything we migrated. (evolution:9972): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_construct: Could not obtain a handle to the Personal Addressbook Server with IID `OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_DataServer_BookFactory:1.0' (evolution:9972): evolution-addressbook-WARNING **: failed to migrate contact lists for source file:///usr2/home/ewest/.evolution/addressbook/local/system (evolution:9972): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_construct: Could not obtain a handle to the Personal Addressbook Server with IID `OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_DataServer_BookFactory:1.0' (evolution:9972): evolution-addressbook-WARNING **: failed to migrate contact lists for source file:///usr2/home/ewest/.evolution/addressbook/local/1107530365.9314.5@sparks.sparkcg.net (evolution:9972): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_construct: Could not obtain a handle to the Personal Addressbook Server with IID `OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_DataServer_BookFactory:1.0' (evolution:9972): evolution-addressbook-WARNING **: failed to migrate contact lists for source file:///usr2/home/ewest/.evolution/addressbook/local/1107530406.9364.0@sparks.sparkcg.net (evolution:9972): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_construct: Could not obtain a handle to the Personal Addressbook Server with IID `OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_DataServer_BookFactory:1.0' (evolution:9972): evolution-addressbook-WARNING **: failed to migrate contact lists for source file:///usr2/home/ewest/.evolution/addressbook/local/1107530428.9434.0@sparks.sparkcg.net (evolution:9972): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_construct: Could not obtain a handle to the Personal Addressbook Server with IID `OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_DataServer_BookFactory:1.0' (evolution:9972): evolution-addressbook-WARNING **: failed to migrate company phone numbers for source file:///usr2/home/ewest/.evolution/addressbook/local/system (evolution:9972): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_construct: Could not obtain a handle to the Personal Addressbook Server with IID `OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_DataServer_BookFactory:1.0' (evolution:9972): evolution-addressbook-WARNING **: failed to migrate company phone numbers for source file:///usr2/home/ewest/.evolution/addressbook/local/1107530365.9314.5@sparks.sparkcg.net (evolution:9972): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_construct: Could not obtain a handle to the Personal Addressbook Server with IID `OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_DataServer_BookFactory:1.0' (evolution:9972): evolution-addressbook-WARNING **: failed to migrate company phone numbers for source file:///usr2/home/ewest/.evolution/addressbook/local/1107530406.9364.0@sparks.sparkcg.net (evolution:9972): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_construct: Could not obtain a handle to the Personal Addressbook Server with IID `OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_DataServer_BookFactory:1.0' (evolution:9972): evolution-addressbook-WARNING **: failed to migrate company phone numbers for source file:///usr2/home/ewest/.evolution/addressbook/local/1107530428.9434.0@sparks.sparkcg.net (evolution:9972): e-utils-WARNING **: cannot open `/usr2/home/ewest/evolution/local': Error opening directory '/usr2/home/ewest/evolution/local': No such file or directory (evolution:9972): libecal-WARNING **: e-cal.c:1053: Could not activate calendar factory (OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_DataServer_CalFactory:1.0) (evolution:9972): libecal-CRITICAL **: file e-cal.c: line 1486 (open_calendar): assertion `ecal != NULL' failed (evolution:9972): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance (evolution:9972): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gsignal.c: line 2164 (g_signal_emit_valist): assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed /usr/share/bug-buddy/gdb-cmd:2: Error in sourced command file: Previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?) Steps to reproduce the crash: 1. run "evolution" on the command line 2. 3. Expected Results: I expect an evolution window to open. How often does this happen? At least since the latest fedora FC3 update (from the official fedora repositories!) Additional Information: Debugging Information: Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/evolution' (no debugging symbols found)...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1". 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+ Trace 55307
Thread 3 (Thread -1210795088 (LWP 10006))
Thread 2 (Thread -1221284944 (LWP 10023))
Unknown reporter: tsewcire@sparkcg.com, changed to bugbuddy-import@ximian.com. Setting qa contact to the default for this product. This bug either had no qa contact or an invalid one.
rpm -qvil evolution|more Name : evolution Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.0.2 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 3 Build Date: Fri 22 Oct 2004 08:20:07 PM EDT Install Date: Sat 05 Feb 2005 08:55:50 AM EST Build Host: tweety.build.redh at.com Group : Applications/Productivity Source RPM: evolution-2.0.2-3.src.rp m Size : 26893742 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 26 Oct 2004 12:29:32 PM EDT, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2 Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> URL : http://www.ximian.com/ Summary : GNOME's next-generation groupware suite Description : Evolution is the GNOME collection of personal information management (PIM) tools. Apparently this has been reported on Suse systems as well. http://www.project54.com/linux/ng/alt-os-linux-suse-FAQ/Evolution-2.01.html#Evolution%202.01 Following the suggestions in this faq (it seems the version value is the culprit) I finally got evolution running with: > rm -rf ~/.evolution ~/evolution # Note the above step may be overkill, but I have nothing setup, so # nothing to lose... > sudo evolution --force-shutdown > gconftool-2 --get /apps/evolution/version 1.4.0 > gconftool-2 --set /apps/evolution/version --type string "2.0.0" > gconftool-2 --set /apps/evolution/last_version --type string "2.0.0" > evolution evolution-shell-Message: Killing old version of evolution-data-server... Et voilà!
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 269566 ***