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Description of problem:
I'm getting a hang at startup with evolution. An strace seems to indicate that its hanging while trying to talk to orbit? I'll include just the seemingly relevant part here. If you need a complete strace, I can provide it.

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open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY)        = 45
fstat(45, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1267, ...}) = 0
fstat(45, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1267, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2aaab044f000
read(45, "TZif\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\4\0\0\0\4\0"..., 4096) = 1267
close(45)                               = 0
munmap(0x2aaab044f000, 4096)            = 0
stat("/usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC", O_RDONLY) = 45
fstat(45, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0
fstat(45, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2aaab044f000
read(45, "TZif\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0"..., 4096) = 56close(45)                               = 0
munmap(0x2aaab044f000, 4096)            = 0
stat("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1267, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY)        = 45
fstat(45, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1267, ...}) = 0
fstat(45, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1267, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2aaab044f000
read(45, "TZif\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\4\0\0\0\4\0"..., 4096) = 1267
close(45)                               = 0
munmap(0x2aaab044f000, 4096)            = 0
stat("/usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC", O_RDONLY) = 45
fstat(45, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0
fstat(45, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2aaab044f000
read(45, "TZif\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0"..., 4096) = 56close(45)                               = 0
munmap(0x2aaab044f000, 4096)            = 0
futex(0x391feb66d0, FUTEX_WAKE, 2147483647) = 0
stat("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1267, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY)        = 45
fstat(45, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1267, ...}) = 0
fstat(45, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1267, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2aaab044f000
read(45, "TZif\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\4\0\0\0\4\0"..., 4096) = 1267
close(45)                               = 0
munmap(0x2aaab044f000, 4096)            = 0
pipe([45, 46])                          = 0
pipe([47, 48])                          = 0
mmap(NULL, 266240, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|0x40, -1, 0) = 0x42804000
mprotect(0x42804000, 4096, PROT_NONE)   = 0
clone(child_stack=0x42844270, flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND|CLONE_THREAD|CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_SETTLS|CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_DETACHED, parent_tidptr=0x428449f0, tls=0x42844960, child_tidptr=0x428449f0) = 22789
writev(17, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\0\326\0\0\0", 12}, {"\350R\300\377\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\236F\364"..., 214}], 2) = 226
futex(0x56d234, FUTEX_WAIT, 1, NULL)    = 0
futex(0x56d200, FUTEX_WAKE, 1)          = 0
writev(17, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\0\346\2\0\0", 12}, {"\330Q\300\377\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\236F\364"..., 742}], 2) = 754
futex(0x56d234, FUTEX_WAIT, 3, NULL)    = 0
futex(0x56d230, FUTEX_WAIT, 2, NULL)    = 0
futex(0x56d230, FUTEX_WAKE, 1)          = 0
futex(0x56d200, FUTEX_WAIT, 2, NULL)    = 0
futex(0x56d200, FUTEX_WAKE, 1)          = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0)         = 49
fcntl(49, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
fcntl(49, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)          = 0
connect(49, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/orbit-tjb/linc-58de-0-d5c33f096220"}, 42) = 0
writev(49, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\0h\2\0\0", 12}, {"\210S\300\377\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\377C)\375"..., 616}], 2) = 628
futex(0x56d234, FUTEX_WAIT, 5, NULL)    = 0
futex(0x56d200, FUTEX_WAKE, 1)          = 0
writev(49, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\0e\0\0\0", 12}, {"HS\300\377\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\22\0\0\0\367Dz\6 V"..., 101}], 2) = 113
futex(0xa013b4, FUTEX_WAIT, 1, NULL)    = 0
futex(0xa0c020, FUTEX_WAKE, 1)          = 0
writev(49, [{"GIOP\1\2\1\0`\0\0\0", 12}, {"\210S\300\377\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\34\0\0\0\22\0\0\0\367Dz\6"..., 96}], 2) = 108
futex(0xa013b4, FUTEX_WAIT, 1, NULL

and it remains hung here.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
evolution-2.2.2-5, evolution-data-server-1.2.2-3

How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. for me, if I just start evolution it hangs most of the time.
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Additional info:

This seems to have got progressively worse since installing FC4. At first I didn't have the problem at all (in fact, it never happened with fc4t?) but now it is a constant struggle to read my email. I normally run evolution with a script that first does a --force-shutdown and that has served me well for several years.