The problem with the workaround in the comment above is that for some reason it doesn't make the calender component and the address book work.
So here is another stab at the problem (a very crude one as such): If you encounter the issue, it's because you use Samba 3 in a configuration that is not understood by the Samba 4 libraries linked into Evolution- MAPI. The trick is to mutilate Samba 4 to the point that it simply cannot find the incompatible Samba 3 configuration any more. The approach below edits the affected Samba 4 binary libs such that instead of the environment variable SMB_CONFIG_PATH they interpret SMB4_DUMMY_PA and then supply that variable pointing nowhere. dpkg- divert makes the change survive package upgrades by telling dpkg to upgrade the original copy instead of the edited file. It also makes the system ignore security updates of the affected Samba 4 libs :-( That being said, here we go: sudo su mkdir /usr/lib/SMB4_DUMMY_PA for lib in libdcerpc_atsvc.so.0.0.1 libdcerpc_samr.so.0.0.1 libdcerpc.so.0.0.1 libsamba-hostconfig.so.0.0.1 libndr.so.0.0.1; do dpkg-divert --divert /usr/lib/SMB4_DUMMY_PA/$lib --local --rename --add /usr/lib/$lib sed 's/SMB_CONF_PATH/SMB4_DUMMY_PA/' /usr/lib/SMB4_DUMMY_PA/$lib > /usr/lib/$lib done echo 'SMB4_DUMMY_PA=/etc/samba/smb4.conf' >> /etc/environment reboot -- evolution 2.25.92 evolution-mapi evolution exits on mapi preferences authentication. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340532 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs