the problem is that you renamed the directory. this prevented evolution from correctly determining which version it was upgrading from.
Jeff On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 12:44 +0100, Massimo DZ wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am a casual linux user. I recognized however linux definetly rocks for > internet-related tasks mainly because it allows me to spend more time > (and money) on my issues and less time on removing dialers and > installing antivirus bloatware. > > Here's the hard truth: I upgraded from Evolution 1.2 (from RedHat9.0) to > Evolution 2.2 (Fedora Core 4). > I knew the new evolution uses '~/.evolution' instead of '~/evolution' so > I happily renamed the directory and fired up the new program. > Well, I knew it wouldn't did it but I tried anyway. > I must say I was not surprised at all when Evolution2.2 gave up with the > migration. > Strangely enough, the procedure seems to be quite simple. I was able to > recover my mails by just moving some files around and renaming them. > This rocked. > > It turns out I'm not so lucky with the address book (which is the most > important thing for some users using this PC). > I tried replacing "~/.evolution/addressbook/local/system" but it didn't > work. I am not even sure those two files are really used since I can > delete them and the address book still shows up with the few test > entries I made. > I looked around my new home dir but I simply cannot figure out where the > address book is kept. > > I have an almost complete backup of all the home directories. > > I did some searchs on the net but I severely lack connectivity so this > is an extremely time consuming process. I read Evo1.4 shares addressbook > format with 2.0 so I am confident a smooth transition is possible. > > If someone could give me an hint on where to put the old address files I > would be grateful. > Please also reply to me because I'm not signed on the mailing list. > > Thank you, > Massimo > > > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > Evolution-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Novell, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.novell.com _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
