Comment 2 for bug 716225

I'm seeing the same problem. When I run from a terminal, I get:

The program 'evolution' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'RenderBadPicture (invalid Picture parameter)'.
  (Details: serial 6268 error_code 175 request_code 153 minor_code 10)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

After running 'evolution --sync', I get a SIGABRT caused by an assertion failure. A backtrace for the crashing thread is attached.