[Evolution] Cannot initialize the ... Shell: Help, I've tried everything.

[Dan Hensley]

Is bonobo-conf installed?  That's the piece that contains the
configuration database file it's complaining about.

Dan

On Tue, 2001-10-02 at 23:17, mwr4722 wrote:
> I made a bonehead mistake (to make a long story short):
> 
> % rm -f /usr/share/oaf/*.oaf
> 
> Now whenever I try to start Evolution I get the dreaded:
> 
> Cannot initialize the Ximian Evolution shell:  Configuration Database not found
> 
> On the command line I see:
> 
> evolution-shell-WARNING **: Cannot access Bonobo/ConfigDatabase on
> wombat: (IDL:OAF/GeneralError:1.0)
> 
> So, I uninstalled Evolution and all of Ximian Gnome from my Debian Potato
> system and reinstalled.  Still no luck.  Is there some kind of
> configuration script I need to run now?
> 
> I found the knowledge base article:
> 
> http://support.ximian.com/cgi-bin/ximian.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=GzRsdoYf&p_lva=&p_refno=010724-000005&p_created=996019414&p_sp=cF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTc1JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=
> 
> And following the instructions there:
> 
> Possible Cause #1:  Checking the Path
> 
> % env | grep PATH
> PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
> 
> % which oafd evolution evolution-mail evolution-calendar 
> /usr/bin/oafd
> /usr/bin/evolution
> /usr/bin/evolution-mail
> /usr/bin/evolution-calendar
> 
> [After unsuccessfully running evolution:]
> % ps aux | grep oaf
> matt    1674  0.0  3.9  2984 1832 ?        S    13:34   0:00 oafd --ac-activate --ior-output-fd=9
> 
> 
> Possible Cause #2:  Broken Bonobo
> 
> % strings `which oafd` | grep /oaf$
> /usr/share/oaf
> 
> % cd /usr/share/oaf
> % ls -l GNOME_Evolution_*.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        32036 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         7487 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_SelectNames.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         5500 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Addressbook_VCard_Importer.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        27926 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Calendar.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         5812 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Calendar_AlarmNotify.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          585 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Elm_Intelligent_Importer.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          607 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_GnomeCard_Intelligent_Importer.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        23438 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Mail.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         5349 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Mail_Mbox_Importer.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         5792 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Mail_Outlook_Importer.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          605 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Netscape_Intelligent_Importer.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          589 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Pine_Intelligent_Importer.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         2593 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Shell.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         2716 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Summary.oaf
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         8227 Sep 22 12:15 GNOME_Evolution_Wombat.oaf
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give.
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
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