unable to start evolution as user

Hello,

Maybe you ran evolution as root and then some files were created with root privileges in your evolution folder.
Run this command in the terminal to give the correct permissions:

sudo chown mathias:mathias .evolution -R

Hello,

i tried that but nothing happens i get the same fault:

mathias@mathias-laptop:~$ evolution-2.10
CalDAV Eplugin starting up ...
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
mathias@mathias-laptop:~$

br
Mathias

I wonder if it is a group permission problem. What is id saying?

Hello Cesare,

here are the id list:

mathias@mathias-laptop:~$ ls -l .evolution
insgesamt 88
drwx------ 2 mathias mathias 4096 2007-06-05 21:08 cache
drwx------ 3 mathias mathias 4096 2007-06-05 21:08 calendar
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathias mathias 3154 2007-05-15 13:43 categories.xml
-rw------- 1 mathias mathias 65536 2007-06-05 21:08 cert8.db
-rw------- 1 mathias mathias 16384 2007-06-05 21:08 key3.db
drwxr-xr-x 2 mathias mathias 4096 2007-07-10 10:07 mail
drwxr-xr-x 3 mathias mathias 4096 2007-06-05 21:08 memos
-rw------- 1 mathias mathias 16384 2007-06-22 14:55 secmod.db
drwxr-xr-x 2 mathias mathias 4096 2007-07-10 10:07 tasks
mathias@mathias-laptop:~$

br
Mathias

Sorry Mathias,

I meant id like this:

cesare@desktop:~$ id
uid=1000(cesare) gid=1000(cesare) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),110(netdev),111(lpadmin),113(powerdev),114(scanner),118(admin),1000(cesare)

Hello Cesare,

here are the id:

mathias@mathias-laptop:~$ id
uid=1000(mathias) gid=1000(mathias) Gruppen=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),110(netdev),111(lpadmin),113(powerdev),114(scanner),118(admin),1000(mathias),1001(sbox)

br
Mathias

Check if it is a plugin with:

evolution-2.10 --disable-eplugin

or working on-line:

evolution-2.10 --offline

Try also running it with strace -f, perhaps it can give you some hint about the offending call.

Hello Cesare,

here are the results:

mathias@mathias-laptop:~$ evolution-2.10 --disable-eplugin
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
mathias@mathias-laptop:~$

mathias@mathias-laptop:~$ evolution-2.10 --offline
CalDAV Eplugin starting up ...
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
mathias@mathias-laptop:~$

any hints for the big strace file if i compare booth files ...maybe an idea for an search string?
br
Mathias

Just look towards the end, before the crash, what functions were involved and which failed (you will see messages prefixed with E, like EAGAIN, EINTR, EINVAL, ENOMEM etc.). You can check the whole list of errors in errno.h.
Do you have a crash report in /var/crash/ as well?
Also, check here for ways to obtain a backtrace:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash

Yes, i have a report in /var/crash/ but it is to long to post here are
they limitations?

br
Mathias

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Cesare Tirabassi wrote:

> Your question #9472 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/9472
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Cesare Tirabassi proposed the following answer:
> Just look towards the end, before the crash, what functions were involved and which failed (you will see messages prefixed with E, like EAGAIN, EINTR, EINVAL, ENOMEM etc.). You can check the whole list of errors in errno.h.
> Do you have a crash report in /var/crash/ as well?
> Also, check here for ways to obtain a backtrace:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash
>
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Not that I know of, but perhaps is better if you use pastebin.
Otherwise, why not opening a bug report and attacking it there, in any case looks like a bug to me?

I will do that after checking the bug reports again. Thanks for your
assistance.

br
Mathias

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Cesare Tirabassi wrote:

> Your question #9472 on evolution in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/9472
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Cesare Tirabassi proposed the following answer:
> Not that I know of, but perhaps is better if you use pastebin.
> Otherwise, why not opening a bug report and attacking it there, in any case looks like a bug to me?
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/9472/+confirm?answer_id=10
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/9472
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Thanks to you Mathias,

its good to have you onboard :-)

If you're interested, I have the same problem and I've uploaded my crash log: http://kokoyaya.free.fr/ubuntu/_usr_bin_evolution-2.10.1000.crash

Yannig

i'm suffering the same issue... has a "fix" been created/found/invented?

I know this is an old thread, but I ran into it, and had to look to find the answer. To fix, I had to open a terminal and run:

evolution --force-shutdown

After that, I was able to get it working.