[Evolution] Bug#721312: evolution will not start

Shai Berger shai at platonix.com
Fri Aug 30 06:27:27 UTC 2013


Package: evolution
Version: 3.4.4-4+b1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Starting evolution has ceased to work after recent updates.

The problem seems to be related to clutter, but I am not
a gnome user, so I cannot be sure.

I usually use evolution under KDE, and there, I get this:

$ evolution --clutter-debug=all
Clutter-Message: [      2549001632]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:1303: ARGB visuals are enabled
Clutter-Message: [      2549001703]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:394: Getting the X screen
Clutter-Message: [      2549001765]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-settings.c:201: New resolution: 93.00
Clutter-Message: [      2549001889]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:241: Units per em: 18.02
Clutter-Message: [      2549002485]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:463: X Display ':0'[0x7f1963b604c0] opened (screen:0, root:608, dpi:93.000000)
Clutter-Message: [      2549002524]:[MISC]:./clutter-feature.c:92: checking features
Clutter-Message: [      2549002574]:[MISC]:./clutter-feature.c:96: allocating features data
Clutter-Message: [      2549002596]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:271: Creating Cogl renderer
Clutter-Message: [      2549002615]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:706: Creating a new Xlib renderer
Clutter-Message: [      2549002697]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:288: Connecting the renderer
Failed to connected to any renderer: 

Gnome-shell based sessions (gnome, cinnamon) also don't work
for me (which strengthens suspicion of a clutter problem). 
When I start evolution under Gnome Classic I get:

$ evolution --clutter-debug=all
Clutter-Message: [      1409239081]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:1303: ARGB visuals are enabled
Clutter-Message: [      1409239191]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:394: Getting the X screen
Clutter-Message: [      1409239241]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-settings.c:201: New resolution: 93.00
Clutter-Message: [      1409239313]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:241: Units per em: 18.02
Clutter-Message: [      1409239654]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:207: Mapping XSETTING 'Gtk/FontName' to 'ClutterSettings:font-name'
Clutter-Message: [      1409239677]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-settings.c:192: New font-name: Cantarell 11
Clutter-Message: [      1409239700]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:252: Units per em: 16.52
Clutter-Message: [      1409239741]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:207: Mapping XSETTING 'Net/DndDragThreshold' to 'ClutterSettings:dnd-drag-threshold'
Clutter-Message: [      1409239761]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:207: Mapping XSETTING 'Net/DoubleClickTime' to 'ClutterSettings:double-click-time'
Clutter-Message: [      1409239787]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:207: Mapping XSETTING 'Xft/Antialias' to 'ClutterSettings:font-antialias'
Clutter-Message: [      1409239816]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-settings.c:183: New font options:
 - font-name:  Cantarell 11
 - antialias:  1
 - hinting:    -1
 - hint-style: <null>
 - rgba:       <null>
 - dpi:        93.00
Clutter-Message: [      1409239845]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:252: Units per em: 16.52
Clutter-Message: [      1409239868]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:207: Mapping XSETTING 'Xft/DPI' to 'ClutterSettings:font-dpi'
Clutter-Message: [      1409239884]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-settings.c:201: New resolution: 96.00
Clutter-Message: [      1409239905]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:241: Units per em: 17.60
Clutter-Message: [      1409239924]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:207: Mapping XSETTING 'Xft/HintStyle' to 'ClutterSettings:font-hint-style'
Clutter-Message: [      1409239940]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-settings.c:183: New font options:
 - font-name:  Cantarell 11
 - antialias:  1
 - hinting:    -1
 - hint-style: hintmedium
 - rgba:       <null>
 - dpi:        96.00
Clutter-Message: [      1409239963]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:252: Units per em: 17.60
Clutter-Message: [      1409239982]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:207: Mapping XSETTING 'Xft/Hinting' to 'ClutterSettings:font-hinting'
Clutter-Message: [      1409239997]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-settings.c:183: New font options:
 - font-name:  Cantarell 11
 - antialias:  1
 - hinting:    1
 - hint-style: hintmedium
 - rgba:       <null>
 - dpi:        96.00
Clutter-Message: [      1409240034]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:252: Units per em: 17.60
Clutter-Message: [      1409240053]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:207: Mapping XSETTING 'Xft/RGBA' to 'ClutterSettings:font-subpixel-order'
Clutter-Message: [      1409240070]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-settings.c:183: New font options:
 - font-name:  Cantarell 11
 - antialias:  1
 - hinting:    1
 - hint-style: hintmedium
 - rgba:       none
 - dpi:        96.00
Clutter-Message: [      1409240093]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:252: Units per em: 17.60
Clutter-Message: [      1409240160]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:463: X Display ':1'[0x7f71c5bc3100] opened (screen:0, root:608, dpi:96.000000)
Clutter-Message: [      1409240182]:[MISC]:./clutter-feature.c:92: checking features
Clutter-Message: [      1409240195]:[MISC]:./clutter-feature.c:96: allocating features data
Clutter-Message: [      1409240208]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:271: Creating Cogl renderer
Clutter-Message: [      1409240219]:[BACKEND]:./x11/clutter-backend-x11.c:706: Creating a new Xlib renderer
Clutter-Message: [      1409240279]:[BACKEND]:./clutter-backend.c:288: Connecting the renderer
Failed to connected to any renderer: 

This may be related to #710828 but I am using a local system
and glxgears works just fine (I use nvidia proprietary drivers,
in case that matters).

It may also be related to #659394 (on libclutter-1.0-0:amd64), but
I don't get a segmentation fault as far as I can see.

Thanks,
Shai.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.10-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii  dbus                     1.6.12-1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.51
ii  evolution-common         3.4.4-4
ii  evolution-data-server    3.4.4-4
ii  gconf-service            3.2.6-1
ii  gconf2                   3.2.6-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme         3.8.3-1
ii  libatk1.0-0              2.8.0-2
ii  libc6                    2.17-92+b1
ii  libcairo-gobject2        1.12.14-5
ii  libcairo2                1.12.14-5
ii  libcamel-1.2-33          3.4.4-4
ii  libclutter-gtk-1.0-0     1.2.0-2+b1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2         0.100.2-1
ii  libebackend-1.2-2        3.4.4-4
ii  libebook-1.2-13          3.4.4-4
ii  libecal-1.2-11           3.4.4-4
ii  libedataserver-1.2-16    3.4.4-4
ii  libedataserverui-3.0-1   3.4.4-4
ii  libenchant1c2a           1.6.0-10
ii  libevolution             3.4.4-4+b1
ii  libgail-3-0              3.8.2-3
ii  libgconf-2-4             3.2.6-1
ii  libgdata13               0.13.3-2
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0       2.28.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.36.4-1
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-2     3.4.2-2
ii  libgtk-3-0               3.8.2-3
ii  libgtkhtml-4.0-0         4.4.4-1
ii  libgtkhtml-editor-4.0-0  4.4.4-1
ii  libgweather-3-0          3.4.1-1+build1
ii  libical0                 0.48-2
ii  libmx-1.0-2              1.4.6-2+b1
ii  libnotify4               0.7.5-2
ii  libnspr4                 2:4.10-1
ii  libnspr4-0d              2:4.10-1
ii  libnss3                  2:3.15.1-1
ii  libnss3-1d               2:3.15.1-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0           1.32.5-5+b1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0      1.32.5-5+b1
ii  libsoup2.4-1             2.42.2-6
ii  libsqlite3-0             3.7.17-1
ii  libxml2                  2.9.1+dfsg1-3
ii  psmisc                   22.20-1

Versions of packages evolution recommends:
ii  bogofilter         1.2.4+dfsg1-2
ii  evolution-plugins  3.4.4-4+b1
ii  evolution-webcal   2.32.0-2+b1
ii  yelp               3.8.1-2

Versions of packages evolution suggests:
pn  evolution-dbg                   <none>
pn  evolution-exchange              <none>
pn  evolution-plugins-experimental  <none>
ii  gnupg                           1.4.14-1
pn  network-manager                 <none>

-- debconf information:
  evolution/kill_processes:
  evolution/needs_shutdown:



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