Bug 25011 – Evolution 1.4.3 aborts at startup

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description jsado_sc3 2003-07-21 16:35:50 UTC]

When I start up evolution I get this output on the console:

~/code/blackjack 61> evolution
warning: failed to load external entity
"/home/jlm/evolution/config/storage-set-view-expanded:default"

(evolution:12019): evolution-shell-CRITICAL **: file e-storage-set.c: line 639
(e_storage_set_get_folder): assertion `g_path_is_absolute (path)' failed

gtkhtml-ERROR **: gconf error: Configuration server couldn't be contacted:
 CORBA error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/BAD_OPERATION:1.0

aborting...

Also, a window pops up saying that there was an error loading or saving a
configuration file.

I just upgraded this machine from evolution 1.2.1 (I believe).

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:




~ 39> emerge info
Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.2.5-r7)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.4.20 i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config
/usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /etc/inet.d/net.eth0
/etc/make.profile/packages
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb:/usr/kde/3/share/config:/usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/usr/src"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
USE="x86 oss 3dnow avi crypt encode foomaticdb gif jpeg kde gnome libg++ mad
mikmod motif mpeg ncurses pdflib png spell truetype xml2 xmms zlib gdbm berkdb
slang readline arts svga tcltk java guile X sdl gpm libwww ssl python esd imlib
oggvorbis gtk qt opengl -mmx -apm pda bonobo evo gtkhtml lcms -tcpd tetex perl
-cups -nls -pam -quicktime -xv gtk2 mozilla 3dfx voodoo3 dga"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-Os -fomit-frame-pointer -march=i586"
CXXFLAGS="-Os -fomit-frame-pointer -march=i586"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
FEATURES="sandbox ccache"

[Comment 1 Ian Stuart 2003-07-22 02:20:19 UTC]

I had the same problem (2.4.20 kernel, Athlon CPUs, Gentoo 1.4, updated on Monday 21st.)

I got round the problem by re-emerging mozilla - however the fonts are now crap, and galeon still doesn't work - so I suspect that the problem is not truely an evolution problem, but is demonstrated by launching evolution...

[Comment 2 Mike Gardiner (RETIRED) 2003-07-30 04:15:16 UTC]

Perhaps obvious, but does it help at all if you move your ~/evolution folder away (ie to ~/evolution.bak or similar) and then try to start evolution. there's a chance that the configuration files/syntax/organisation have changed from 1.2.1 to 1.4, and are possibly incompatible with the new version.

[Comment 3 jsado_sc3 2003-08-04 17:01:04 UTC]

Sorry for the late response. I tried Ian's suggestion and re-emerged Mozilla and now Evolution works. I don't use Galleon at all, and my fonts appear to be the same as they always were.

I haven't a clue as to why rebuilding Mozilla might have an effect on Evolution. This is an odd one.

[Comment 4 foser (RETIRED) 2003-08-04 17:10:14 UTC]

if you had a really old mozilla (early 1.3 incarnation) i might know where the problem came from. There mozilla and system libs did some strange things.

closing as nonreproducable