Evolution freezes when calendar is selected

[Mick Redman]

Binary package hint: evolution

I am using Ubuntu 9.04

evolution:
  Installed: 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

This is what happens when I try and start it from the command line.
evolution
/usr/share/themes/Impression/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:61: Unable to find include file: "scrollbars/scrollbar.rc"
/usr/share/themes/Impression/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:62: Unable to find include file: "scale/scale.rc"
/usr/share/themes/Impression/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:464: Murrine configuration option "style" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Impression/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:486: Murrine configuration option "style" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Impression/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:557: Murrine configuration option "style" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Impression/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:613: Murrine configuration option "style" is not supported and will be ignored.
** (evolution:5331): DEBUG: mailto URL command: evolution %s
** (evolution:5331): DEBUG: mailto URL program: evolution
** (evolution:5331): DEBUG: EI: SHELL STARTUP

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for your bug report. Please try to obtain a backtrace of the hang http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and attach the file to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Mick Redman (mick-redman)]

Attached is the backtrace using the --component=calendar argument for speed.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the stacktrace suggests an evolution-data-server crash, can you get a stacktrace for this one too?

[Mick Redman (mick-redman)]

Attached is the backtrace for the evolution-data-server.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the stacktrace doesn't seem to be a crash but a manual interruption, how did you get it exactly?

[Mick Redman (mick-redman)]

I followed these instructions https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace
replacing the first line of stage 2 with
gdb /usr/lib/evolution/evolution-data-server-2.26 2>&1 | tee gdb-evolution-data-server.txt
I didn't add any arguments at the run command.
the server didn't crash, so I had to ctrl-c at stage , but I continued with the instructions to stage 5.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

evolution-data-server is autostarted, you should follow the instructions on how to get a stacktrace for a running software

[Mick Redman (mick-redman)]

This is the stacktrace using instructions from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace#Already%20running%20programs

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you install evolution-data-server-dbg and get a new stakctrace?

[Mick Redman (mick-redman)]

Done. Here is the attachment.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the stacktrace is similar to bug #357636, could you try the change suggested there?

[Mick Redman (mick-redman)]

Hello Seb

I took the following instructions from
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution-data-server/+bug/357636
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Hi again,

I've managed to download from packages.ubuntu.com the source code for
the current jaunty version of libical. Compiled with CFLAGS=-g -O0 moved
the generated libical, libicalss and libicalvcal to /usr/lib replaced
each symbolic link to use the new build, and it worked! :)

Can it be some issue with the library compilation?
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Sebastien Bacher wrote on 2009-04-16: (permalink)
I doubt of that, could be an optimization issue, the usual way to do a
debug build is:
- add a deb-src apt source
- apt-source libical
- sudo apt-get build-dep libical
- cd libical-version
- DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="nostrip noopt" debuild
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I'm afraid in either case the instructions were beyond my level of
experience. Perhaps if the instructions could be either simplified or
more fully explained, then I could give them a go.

Mick
you might not want "noopt" if that workaround the issue
On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 19:18 +0000, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 357636 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357636
>
> the stacktrace is similar to bug #357636, could you try the change
> suggested there?
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 357636
> crashes when accepting meeting invitation
>