The first error, about org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied, has been fixed, see below. But evolution still shows the other one (Gtk-CRITICAL), and doesn't start up except when launched with the --sm-disable option.
For the first error (org.freedesktop.Dbus.Error.AccessDenied), I've found the problem, and a solution (not sure it is the best one). The problem seems to be the configuration in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/NetworkManager.conf (with the dist-upgrade that took this version of evolution, network-manager came in), which states that there is little to do for "the rest of us": -------------------------------------- <!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd"> <busconfig> <policy user="root"> <allow own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> </policy> <policy user="hal"> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> </policy> <policy group="netdev"> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> </policy> <policy context="default"> <deny own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <deny send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> </policy> </busconfig> -------------------------------------- The fix (nto sure it is the best one, btw), has been to add jgb (my user) to the netdev group. Using vigr, I changed from ---------------------------------- netdev:x:117: ---------------------------------- to ---------------------------------- netdev:x:117:jgb ---------------------------------- Then, ---------------------------------- # /etc/init.d/dbus restart ---------------------------------- And that's all. I'm not sure if something like this should be done either in evolution or (maybe more likely) in network-manager. -- ----- Jesus M. Gonzalez Barahona | GSyC (DITTE) Edificio Departamental II (ESCET) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Universidad Rey Juan Carlos | tel: +34 91 664 74 67 c/ Tulipan s/n | fax: +34 91 664 74 94 28933 Mostoles, Spain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]