Bug 836814
| Summary: | Basic local address book functions broken ("Unable to open address book") | ||||||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | James <james> | ||||
| Component: | evolution | Assignee: | Matthew Barnes <mbarnes> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED UPSTREAM | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> | ||||
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | unspecified | ||||||
| Version: | 17 | CC: | lucilanga, mbarnes, mcrha | ||||
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| Target Release: | --- | ||||||
| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||||||
| OS: | Unspecified | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||
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| Last Closed: | 2012-07-02 08:00:46 UTC | Type: | Bug | ||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||
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Thanks for a bug report. I can reproduce this too and I moved this upstream as [1]. Please see [1] for any further updates. If possible, please CC yourself there, in case upstream developers will have additional questions. [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679245 There is a workaround, you can create the folder for evolution-data-server, which can be done with a command like this: $ mkdir -p -m 0700 ~/.local/share/evolution/addressbook/xxx The actual path depends on the error message shown in evolution. |
Created attachment 595548 [details] Screenshot for example 2 Description of problem: The Evolution address book is unable to perform basic functions (adding contacts, adding/removing other address books) with local address books. In most cases, address book operations fail with a message to the effect that the address book "cannot be opened. Please check the path <path in ~/.local/share/evolution/addressbook> exists" etc. The file mentioned does not exist, not is it created by evolution at shutdown. Example 1: Adding a new contact. 1. Create a new user account to ensure a clean start. 2. Start up Evolution. Follow the wizard with dummy e-mail account settings. 3. Go to the Address Book view. 4. Click to add a new Contact in the Personal address book. This just fails silently. Example 2: Adding a new address book. 1. Add a new address book: give it a name, click to create it. 2. Click on the new address book. Note the red banner error message. (Screenshot attached.) 3. Attempt to delete this unusable address book by right-clicking on it and selecting delete. This fails with a nondescript "unable to comply" message. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): evolution-3.4.3-1.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: Always.