Google Calendar freezes Evolution

[Sumant]

Binary package hint: evolution

Whenever there is any action involving my google calendar, Evolution hangs for ~30 seconds, then continues normally. This includes clicking on the calendar button or right clicking on the google calendar icon. Deleting the calendar does not work.

May be related to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/567262

tried:
Deleting the calendar from within evolution
evolution --offline, tried deleting from within evolution
rm -r ~/.evolution
deleting the google calendar from gconf2-editor /apps/evolution/calendar # This finally removed the calendar, but clicking on the calendar button after starting up Evolution resulting in the same ~30 second freezing
sudo apt-get reinstall evolution
sudo apt-get remove evolution; sudo apt-get install evolution
sudo apt-get purge evolution; sudo apt-get install evolution
gconf-tool --recursive-unset /apps/evolution/calendar

finally fixed it with:
gconf-tool --recursive-unset /apps/evolution

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: evolution 2.30.3-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.32-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 19 08:33:45 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
 LANG=en_US.utf8
SourcePackage: evolution

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a backtrace of the freeze following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Mario S. (sm666)]

Hi,

I faced the same problem on my Maverick Installation (it was an upgrade from Karmic->Lycid->Maverick). But I could fix it by simply deleting all (!) information on calendars in evolution (I recommend exporting all appointments before doing that). That is deleting the directories /home/$USER/.evolution/cache/calendar AND the directory /home/$USER/.evolution/calendar . Following Sumant's instruction I did erase all the information that evolution stored on calendars in gconf using the gconftool:

gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/evolution/calendar

and after some complaints after restarting evolution I am now able to use the calendar as smooth as I'm used to in Ubuntu! (including Google Calendar!)

best
Mario

[Michael K (michael-kimchi)]

Hi,

I experience similar issue, no matter what I try I keep getting the ~30 seconds evolution hang when doing anything related to the calendar (e.g. opening calendar tab, opening email with meeting invite etc.)

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick

GNOME 2.32.0
evolution 2.30.3

uname -a
Linux ********** 2.6.35-23-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 17 22:14:33 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thank you in advance.

Michael

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for evolution (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[WhyteHorse (whytehorse)]

I'm still getting this problem.

[Alan Trick (trick)]

I just ran into this issue too. I'd really like a solution other than deleting all my calendar information as I have other calendars than my google one.

[Marlon Smith (marlon-smith10)]

I'm getting this issue as well on Natty.

[Marlon Smith (marlon-smith10)]

Actually for me Evolution freezes for much longer and never shows the calendar. I may be experiencing this bug instead: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/214573

[Jörg Frings-Fürst (jff-de)]

10.10 is not longer supported
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