evolution error on first start

[Dave Stevens]

On Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:15:49 +0200
Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> hi,
> Am Dienstag, den 02.10.2018, 12:51 -0700 schrieb Dave Stevens:
> > I've installed evolution and on first running it, from a terminal, I
> > get:
> > 
> > (evolution:3870): e-data-server-WARNING **:
> > e_module_load_all_in_directory: Error opening directory
> > '/usr/lib/evolution-data-server/credential-modules': No such file or
> > directory
> >   
> this is just a warning not an error ...
> you can quieten it by installing evolution-data-server-online-accounts
> from unverse, but that should not be needed to actually run evolution
> or the setup wizard, it contains the modules that understand how to
> talk to some online account resources that you can set up later to
> sync i.e. google calendar accounts with your local calendar.
> 
> > 
> > I've looked in /usr/lib/evolution-data-server/ and sure enough there
> > isn't a file or directory called credential-modules. I'm not
> > surprised
> > in a way because I haven't provided any credentials. My
> > understanding is that a first run wizard will start up to solicit
> > such information but this has not happened. Ideas?
> >   
> my first move would be to file a bug ... this sounds like buggy
> behaviour.
> 
> ciao
> 	oli

I didn't get back to in until today and now it installs without error.
Whatever, thanks for your help.

d


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