Evolution Compose Problem

[NoOp]

On 02/05/2011 01:03 PM, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> I've had to reinstall everything due to a hard disk crash. I'm having a 
> problem with Evolution.
> 
> When I try to compose a new message, I don't have a field to enter the 
> "To" or the subject. It has the menu and toolbar - then the area for the 
> message. I don't see a way to get these fields back. I've googled 
> several combinations, but don't see a solution.

You might try reinstalling evolution:

1. Shut down evolution if it is running:

$ ps -e |grep evolution
 ... ?        00:00:00 evolution-alarm
.... ?        00:00:06 evolution

In this case it's running, otherwise I would have seen:
$ ps -e |grep evolution
 .... ?        00:00:00 evolution-alarm

So let's shut it down (do this from the command line rather than just
closing Evo from the gui:

$ evolution --force-shutdown
Evolution process exited normally

2. Now backup your configuration folder:

$ cp -R ~/.evolution ~/.evolution_backup

3. Now reinstall:

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall evolution

4. Restart & try Evo.

If that doesn't resolve the issue, you could try moving the ~./evolution
folder out of the way to see if it's something in the folder/profile
that is creating the problem & I can give you instructions on how to do
that safely. But first first try the above.