[opensuse] How to backup Evolution?
Hi All, I sincerely hope this will be my last request for help for a long time. I'm about to rebuild my system to a 32bit 10.3 install, and before I do so, I'd like to back up my email and calendar, which live in Evolution. I have, in the past, simply copied the entire contents of my home directory. This worked fine when upgrading from 10.2 to 10.3. However, right now, my home directory is corrupted in some strange way that forces a totally blank screen after login. I've tried deleting the .gnome2 directory and letting the system rebuild intelligent defaults, but that didn't fix it. So, combined with a lot of troubles with 64 bit, I'm going to take the fresh install route. So, the question is, precisely which directories and files must I back up in order to have a full backup of my Evolution (while, hopefully, leaving behind whatever has become poisoned)? Many thanks, yet again. Cheers, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
I run Ubuntu for my desktop (OpenSuSE for servers) I also use Evolution. For Ubuntu it defaults to: sholland@sholland-desktop:~/.evolution$ pwd /home/sholland/.evolution sholland@sholland-desktop:~/.evolution$ ls -alh total 140K drwxr-xr-x 8 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-05-30 15:06 . drwxr-xr-x 45 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-05-28 15:29 .. drwxr-xr-x 4 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 addressbook drwx------ 3 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-15 02:21 cache drwxr-xr-x 5 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 calendar -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 3 2008-05-28 09:39 camel-cert.db -rw-r--r-- 1 sholland sholland 3.1K 2008-03-04 03:19 categories.xml -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 64K 2008-05-28 09:39 cert8.db -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 16K 2008-05-28 09:39 key3.db drwxr-xr-x 7 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-05-22 23:12 mail drwxr-xr-x 5 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 memos -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 16K 2008-03-04 17:46 secmod.db drwxr-xr-x 5 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 tasks So I'd imagine it should be pretty much the same. Good luck, Shawn Holland On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 12:16 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote:
Hi All,
I sincerely hope this will be my last request for help for a long time.
I'm about to rebuild my system to a 32bit 10.3 install, and before I do so, I'd like to back up my email and calendar, which live in Evolution.
I have, in the past, simply copied the entire contents of my home directory. This worked fine when upgrading from 10.2 to 10.3. However, right now, my home directory is corrupted in some strange way that forces a totally blank screen after login. I've tried deleting the .gnome2 directory and letting the system rebuild intelligent defaults, but that didn't fix it. So, combined with a lot of troubles with 64 bit, I'm going to take the fresh install route.
So, the question is, precisely which directories and files must I back up in order to have a full backup of my Evolution (while, hopefully, leaving behind whatever has become poisoned)?
Many thanks, yet again. Cheers, Simon
"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz
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--- Shawn Holland
I'm about to rebuild my system to a 32bit 10.3 install, and before I do so, I'd like to back up my email and calendar, which live in Evolution.
I have, in the past, simply copied the entire contents of my home
On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 12:16 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote: directory. [...]
So, the question is, precisely which directories and files must I back up in order to have a full backup of my Evolution (while, hopefully, leaving behind whatever has become poisoned)?
I run Ubuntu for my desktop (OpenSuSE for servers) I also use Evolution. For Ubuntu it defaults to:
sholland@sholland-desktop:~/.evolution$ pwd /home/sholland/.evolution sholland@sholland-desktop:~/.evolution$ ls -alh total 140K drwxr-xr-x 8 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-05-30 15:06 . drwxr-xr-x 45 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-05-28 15:29 .. drwxr-xr-x 4 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 addressbook drwx------ 3 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-15 02:21 cache drwxr-xr-x 5 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 calendar -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 3 2008-05-28 09:39 camel-cert.db -rw-r--r-- 1 sholland sholland 3.1K 2008-03-04 03:19 categories.xml -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 64K 2008-05-28 09:39 cert8.db -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 16K 2008-05-28 09:39 key3.db drwxr-xr-x 7 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-05-22 23:12 mail drwxr-xr-x 5 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 memos -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 16K 2008-03-04 17:46 secmod.db drwxr-xr-x 5 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 tasks
So I'd imagine it should be pretty much the same.
Hmm, I hope it might be that simple, I thought I tried that and Evolution still got very upset and tried to do a fresh install/configuration. Don't I need something from Beagle (on SuSE/Gnome) too? And perhaps some other stuff? I've actually now backed up every "dot" directory from my sick system, so the new install is in progress, but I'd love to be right first time about what to restore for a good result. Part of the problem with my previous attempt at upgrade to 10.3, I believe, was the number of false-starts followed by patch, change, change-back, etc. Cheers all, and thanks for the input Shawn, Simon "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." Naguib Mahfouz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 16:47 -0300, Shawn Holland wrote:
I run Ubuntu for my desktop (OpenSuSE for servers) I also use Evolution. For Ubuntu it defaults to:
sholland@sholland-desktop:~/.evolution$ pwd /home/sholland/.evolution sholland@sholland-desktop:~/.evolution$ ls -alh total 140K drwxr-xr-x 8 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-05-30 15:06 . drwxr-xr-x 45 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-05-28 15:29 .. drwxr-xr-x 4 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 addressbook drwx------ 3 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-15 02:21 cache drwxr-xr-x 5 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 calendar -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 3 2008-05-28 09:39 camel-cert.db -rw-r--r-- 1 sholland sholland 3.1K 2008-03-04 03:19 categories.xml -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 64K 2008-05-28 09:39 cert8.db -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 16K 2008-05-28 09:39 key3.db drwxr-xr-x 7 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-05-22 23:12 mail drwxr-xr-x 5 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 memos -rw------- 1 sholland sholland 16K 2008-03-04 17:46 secmod.db drwxr-xr-x 5 sholland sholland 4.0K 2008-03-09 15:56 tasks
So I'd imagine it should be pretty much the same.
Good luck, Shawn Holland
On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 12:16 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote:
Hi All,
I sincerely hope this will be my last request for help for a long time.
I'm about to rebuild my system to a 32bit 10.3 install, and before I do so, I'd like to back up my email and calendar, which live in Evolution.
I have, in the past, simply copied the entire contents of my home directory. This worked fine when upgrading from 10.2 to 10.3. However, right now, my home directory is corrupted in some strange way that forces a totally blank screen after login. I've tried deleting the .gnome2 directory and letting the system rebuild intelligent defaults, but that didn't fix it. So, combined with a lot of troubles with 64 bit, I'm going to take the fresh install route.
So, the question is, precisely which directories and files must I back up in order to have a full backup of my Evolution (while, hopefully, leaving behind whatever has become poisoned)?
Many thanks, yet again. Cheers, Simon
"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." — Naguib Mahfouz
This is HowTo move Evolution data and setup from one computer to other one or to back it up before do a bare metal installation of a new version of the OS. 1. Force shutdown. In the Old computer: $ evolution --force-shutdown In the New One: $ evolution --force-shutdown $ gconftool-2 --shutdown 2. Copy 2 folder from the old to the new. Copy the folders from old to new, you must have all files from the ~/.evolution and ~/.gconf/apps/evolution directories. If you use the same username then it is all what you need. If you change the user's name things a far more complicated. Just post it and I will help you. The easy one is to use the same user's name. -=terry(Denver)=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
--- Teruel de Campo MD
So, the question is, precisely which directories and files must I back up in order to have a full backup of my Evolution (while, hopefully, leaving behind whatever has become poisoned)?
This is HowTo move Evolution data and setup from one computer to other one or to back it up before do a bare metal installation of a new version of the OS.
1. Force shutdown.
In the Old computer:
$ evolution --force-shutdown
In the New One:
$ evolution --force-shutdown
$ gconftool-2 --shutdown
2. Copy 2 folder from the old to the new.
Copy the folders from old to new, you must have all files from the ~/.evolution
and
~/.gconf/apps/evolution
directories.
If you use the same username then it is all what you need. If you change the user's name things a far more complicated. Just post it and I will help you. The easy one is to use the same user's name.
-=terry(Denver)=-
Wonderful, that looks great. Many thanks, Cheers, Simon (Westminster, CO :) "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." Naguib Mahfouz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 12:16 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote:
Hi All,
I sincerely hope this will be my last request for help for a long time.
I'm about to rebuild my system to a 32bit 10.3 install, and before I do so, I'd like to back up my email and calendar, which live in Evolution.
I have, in the past, simply copied the entire contents of my home directory. This worked fine when upgrading from 10.2 to 10.3. However, right now, my home directory is corrupted in some strange way that forces a totally blank screen after login. I've tried deleting the .gnome2 directory and letting the system rebuild intelligent defaults, but that didn't fix it. So, combined with a lot of troubles with 64 bit, I'm going to take the fresh install route.
So, the question is, precisely which directories and files must I back up in order to have a full backup of my Evolution (while, hopefully, leaving behind whatever has become poisoned)?
If you do not get an answer here, look over at the Ubuntu list, this was discussed, and the specific directories were mentioned. IIRC someone was doing a small app for this purpose. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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