D'oh, somehow I had a view of this bug which excluded all the existing useful comments :| Sorry for the spam. Anyway, I filed this bug upstream re: the generic, ambiguous error message and the lack of a password prompt: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589325
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #589325 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589325 ** Also affects: evolution via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589325 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- google contacts: error loading address book https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385935 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs