Description of problem: After upgrading from Fedora Core 4 to Fedora Core 5, my Evolution Exchange account stopped working. When I log in, I don't get an error, but I get the following message when I try to expand the folder tree, I get the following error: Error while Scanning folders in "Exchange server mail.navisite.com". Could not connect to Evolution Exchange backend process: No such file or directory Now, when I first tried to get it I also would get a failed to authenticate message. I deleted the account, and exited Evolution. Then I started Evolution again, and setup the mail account again. Then the failed to authenticate message seems to have gone away, but I still get the above message. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Evolution 2.6.0 How reproducible: Happens every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start Evolution 2.Enter password 3.Expand folders for account Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
I started evolution from the command line to see if any error messages are coming out there, and I get the following: [andrig@localhost ~]$ evolution CalDAV Eplugin starting up ... ** (evolution:3455): WARNING **: Unexpected kerberos error -1765328230 ** (evolution:3455): WARNING **: Unexpected kerberos error -1765328230 [andrig@localhost ~]$ evolution CalDAV Eplugin starting up ... ** (evolution:3475): WARNING **: Unexpected kerberos error -1765328230 ** (evolution:3475): WARNING **: Unexpected kerberos error -1765328230 I showed it twice, so that you could see that the evolution:xxxx was difference each time, but the number that follows the WARNING message is always the same. I don't know if this is related, but it is the only additional thing I have been able to come up with.
I have the same problem. I trace the network with ethereal and i discover that the GET is using my valid userid/passwd credential but i have and access denied. I think our Exchange server dont accept Evolution as a valid User-Agent in the THHP request. I notice in the e2kcontext.c that a claim_ie is available but i dont know how to use it. I have the trace with me if you want i send it to you Hope it help
Created attachment 126907 [details] ethereal trace file when running evolution
Created attachment 126909 [details] Trace file of firefox using ethereal to the same server
In those attached files, you will see that when i connect to the exchange server with firefox it works but with evolution it did'nt. The only difference is the User-Agent in evolution. Maybe evolution can fake a firefox browser to Exchange server Sorry for my english
The issue isn't with the user agent; any user agent can connect to Exchange, and there are no filters.
I suppose I should add, I'm also having this issue - I'm using Exchange 2003 Evolution packages in question are: evolution-connector-2.6.0-1 evolution-data-server-1.6.0-1 evolution-2.6.0-1
One other datapoint: From a fresh account in Evolution, creation of the account leads to the folders being downloaded from the Exchange server, and after a few attempts they will display contents of e-mail messages, calendar events and tasks in evolution very briefly, then the exchange backend will crash. I'll get some console output momentarily.
look at this http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335561
I too am having this problem after upgrading from fedora 4 to fedora 5. I'm quite sure that nothing has changed on the exchange server side since this worked yesterday. I think it might be worth taking a look at where evoultion thinks it can find the backend process and what socket it uses to talk to it. That sort of problem seems more indicitive of the error message.
The bug referenced by Dominic in the GNOME bugzilla is the issue and it has been fixed, and will be released as a part of Evolution 2.6.2 on May 31st. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335561
In the meantime would it be possible to backport the fix? We've been months without Exchange support.
You need to talk to the Evolution guys through the GNOME project. I'm just the original reporter of this problem here.
This was fixed as of 2.6.2 of Evolution.