I have -- as instructed -- installed the package and started Evolution under gdb. However ... the crashes do no longer occur anymore. Also my preferences screen pops up normally as it used to. I am not sure but maybe an upgrade this weekend has solved the issue.
Thank you for your time and effort and I think -- from my point of view -- you can file this bug as solved. -- evolution crashes when opening preferences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152127 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