[opensuse] Evolution backup/restore problem
Hi all, I just upgraded my main system from OpenSuSE 10.3 to 11.0. I use evolution for my calendar and mail, and as I've done in the past, I made a backup of my home directory before doing the new install. Then I copied back the contents of ~/.evolution, ~/.gconf/apps/evolution, and ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution. I thought that was all I had done in the past, and that had been sufficient to restore all my mail configurations, folders, etc. But this time it doesn't seem to have worked. When I start evolution, it seems to come up as a new install, and starts taking me through the wizard to set it all up. Can anyone suggest what I might have done wrong? TIA 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
Oh, apparently I'm mostly stupid. I forgot to copy in archive mode, so the ownerships and permissions were wrong. Only remaining trouble is that I didn't get back my account passwords. Are those stored somewhere else? 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 ----- Original Message ----
From: Simon Roberts <thorpflyer@yahoo.com> To: opensuse list <opensuse@opensuse.org> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 9:39:05 PM Subject: [opensuse] Evolution backup/restore problem
Hi all,
I just upgraded my main system from OpenSuSE 10.3 to 11.0. I use evolution for my calendar and mail, and as I've done in the past, I made a backup of my home directory before doing the new install. Then I copied back the contents of ~/.evolution, ~/.gconf/apps/evolution, and ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution. I thought that was all I had done in the past, and that had been sufficient to restore all my mail configurations, folders, etc. But this time it doesn't seem to have worked. When I start evolution, it seems to come up as a new install, and starts taking me through the wizard to set it all up.
Can anyone suggest what I might have done wrong?
TIA 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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On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 20:39 -0800, Simon Roberts wrote:
Hi all,
I just upgraded my main system from OpenSuSE 10.3 to 11.0. I use evolution for my calendar and mail, and as I've done in the past, I made a backup of my home directory before doing the new install. Then I copied back the contents of ~/.evolution, ~/.gconf/apps/evolution, and ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution. I thought that was all I had done in the past, and that had been sufficient to restore all my mail configurations, folders, etc. But this time it doesn't seem to have worked. When I start evolution, it seems to come up as a new install, and starts taking me through the wizard to set it all up.
Can anyone suggest what I might have done wrong?
Simon, Follow exactly these steps. 1. Start evolution in the new system go through the first steps. Then close it 2. Force shoutdown $ evolution --force-shutdown $ gconftool-2 --shutdown 3. Copy the folders from old to new, you must have all files from the ~/.evolution and ~/.gconf/apps/evolution directories. -=terry(Denver)=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Thanks, somewhere along the line it's started working again, though I had to re-enter some, but not all, of my passwords (huh??) 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 ----- Original Message ----
From: Teruel de Campo MD <chusty@attglobal.net> To: Simon Roberts <thorpflyer@yahoo.com> Cc: opensuse list <opensuse@opensuse.org> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 6:41:30 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Evolution backup/restore problem
On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 20:39 -0800, Simon Roberts wrote:
Hi all,
I just upgraded my main system from OpenSuSE 10.3 to 11.0. I use evolution for my calendar and mail, and as I've done in the past, I made a backup of my home directory before doing the new install. Then I copied back the contents of ~/.evolution, ~/.gconf/apps/evolution, and ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution. I thought that was all I had done in the past, and that had been sufficient to restore all my mail configurations, folders, etc. But this time it doesn't seem to have worked. When I start evolution, it seems to come up as a new install, and starts taking me through the wizard to set it all up.
Can anyone suggest what I might have done wrong?
Simon,
Follow exactly these steps.
1. Start evolution in the new system go through the first steps. Then close it
2. Force shoutdown
$ evolution --force-shutdown
$ gconftool-2 --shutdown
3. Copy the folders from old to new, you must have all files from the ~/.evolution and ~/.gconf/apps/evolution directories.
-=terry(Denver)=-
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