[Evolution] Bug#516675: Bug#516675: evolution: freezes when replying to messages

[Kenward Vaughan]

On Sunday 22 February 2009, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On dim, 2009-02-22 at 16:21 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> > I cannot use Evolution at this time, as it freezes on me almost
> > every time I create a reply to a message.  Sometimes the editor
> > window opens up with things frozen, other times it takes a little
> > time for it to happen.  All control disappears--I am unable to
> > scroll, type, close the window, or close the app.  It requires an
> > external kill to deal with it.
>
> Wow, weird. I sure can't reproduce. Since when does it do that? Can
> you try with a fresh config, fresh user? Is your install somewhat
> broken?
>

There's nothing I can see indicating any breakage.  This has been going 
on for a month or so.  I finally got tired of trying to deal with Kmail 
and Balsa, so filed the report.  Sorry it's been like this for a while.


> It seems that your apt still prefers “oldstable” but you're using
> “stable” package. Is your install fully up to date?

I don't get that. Here's my apt preferences file:

----------------
Package: *
 Pin: release a=unstable
 Pin-Priority: 800

Package: *
 Pin: release a=stable
 Pin-Priority: 600

Package: *
 Pin: release a=experimental
 Pin-Priority: 500
-----------------

Should I junk this file?

I can trash my own config if I learned how to...

What would I back up?

If I tried to completely purge it leading to a reinstall, what packages 
would I trash?

>
> > Should I install evolution-dbg and see what I can get from that? 
> > If so, where should I look for reports?
>
> Yeah, maybe that would help. First try to run it from console and
> report if there is any message appearing. Then maybe try to run it
> from gdb.
>
> Cheers,

I tried that immediately after sending in the report.  Nothing gets 
recorded as far as I can tell.  For me the editor freezes on new 
messages as well.  :(  (again)


Kenward
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