I forgot to mention on the above problem - the way to get a crash for sure is to tick the calander check box. If it doesn't crash immediately one or two clicks in the calander will work.
Laurens -- Evolution groupwise support crashes often https://launchpad.net/bugs/41406 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs