Re: [Evolution] Can't Backup Settings

[John Graddy <jwgraddy valornet com>]

This problem is now resolved.

Thanks,
John


On Sat, 2011-12-17 at 21:44 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-12-17 at 16:37 -0600, John Graddy wrote:
> > On Sat, 2011-12-17 at 17:35 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2011-12-17 at 14:29 -0600, John Graddy wrote:
> > > > I just attempted to backup my evolution settings.  I get a box that
> > > > says:
> > > > "The folder contents could not be displayed.
> > > > Operation not supported."
> > > > I don't know when this started since I don't do an Evolution backup
> > > > every day.
> > > > I have never seen this before.
> > > At the *absolute minimum* you need to stay what version of Evo you're
> > > using (Help->About). Without that, we're all just flailing around. It
> > > may also be relevant to ask what kind of account this happens on (POP,
> > > IMAP, whatever) and whether you recently updated Evo or your system.
> > I am running evo 3.2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10.  Receiving mail via POP3.
> > sending via SMTP.
> > Sorry, I have been on the Ubuntu list so long, I forget other folks use
> > other distributions. 
>
> Ugh.
>
> Anyway... on openSUSE 12.1 x86_64 Evolution 3.2.1 backup succeeds
> without incident for me.  I have local folders, IMAP acocunts, CalDAV
> accounts, WebDAV address books, local address books, CalDAV tasks lists,
> local task lists, and local and CalDAV memo folders.
>
> If you run evolution from the command line and try the backup does it
> spit out any more informative error messages.