GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 272085
crash importing 1.x evolution
Last modified: 2005-03-24 21:05:04 UTC
Distribution: Debian 3.1 Package: Evolution Priority: Normal Version: GNOME2.9.90 unspecified Gnome-Distributor: Ubuntu Synopsis: crash importing 1.x evolution Bugzilla-Product: Evolution Bugzilla-Component: Importers Bugzilla-Version: unspecified BugBuddy-GnomeVersion: 2.0 (2.9.1) Description: Description of the crash: Just started evolution 2.x and when migrating from my old settings to the new ones, the migrator crashed. The crash left a window on the screen the contents of which are: "Please be patient while Evolution migrates your folders..." "Migrating 'Personal':" The progress bar is on 0%. Steps to reproduce the crash: 1. 2. 3. Expected Results: How often does this happen? Additional Information: Debugging Information: Backtrace was generated from '/usr/bin/evolution-2.2' (no debugging symbols found) Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". (no debugging symbols found) `system-supplied DSO at 0xffffe000' has disappeared; keeping its symbols. (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread -1232435040 (LWP 8242)] [New Thread -1248203856 (LWP 8282)] [New Thread -1239811152 (LWP 8281)] (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
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Unknown reporter: tom@uwillsee.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.
I submitted this bug and later worked around it with Guenther and jpr on IRC. The problem looks like it was caused by migrating from an old evolution directory without the relevant .gconf/apps/evolution/* settings from the old evolution. To replicate the bug: 1. create a new user account and login (this gives you default gnome settings but not your old ones) 2. copy your 1.4 evolution directory to the new user account. 3. start evolution 2.1.4 and let it migrate. it will probably crash when migrating Personal. The workaround... 1. create a new user account and login (this gives you default gnome settings but not your old ones) 2. 'gconftool-2 --shutdown' 3. rm -rf .gconf/apps/evolution 4. copy the old gconf settings for evolution over. 5. start evolution 2.1.4 and it should work.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 269566 ***