I tracked down the source of the problem. Evolution 2.12 had no problem with having 2 <properties> sections in the /apps/evolution/calendar/sources key (see below), while version 2.10.1 does not like that. As soon as I copied <property name="create_source" value="no"/> to the latter <properties> section and deleted the first section, everything went back to normal. Took me half a day for trail and error debugging.
Unfortunately nobody else will need this, since the bug does not occur anymore in Gutsy's Evolution version and probably nobody is as stupid as me, to use a production /home dir for both stable and testing release simultaneously. I do not know if it is valid gconf XML to have the same section twice in a key? Anyhow, Gusty's Evolution can handle it obviously. Well anyhow, if somebody else runs into the same problem, at least here is the answer. Maybe still somebody feels obligated to fix this in Feisty's Evolution. <?xml version="1.0"?> <group uid="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" name="Contacts" base_uri="contacts://" readonly="no"><properties><property name="create_source" value="no"/></properties><source uid="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" name="Birthdays & Anniversaries" relative_uri="/" color_spec="#DDBECE"><properties><property name="alarm" value="true"/><property name="delete" value="no"/></properties></source></group> -- evolution refuses to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144669 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
