On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 10:18 +0000, Jeff Grant wrote: > On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 00:42 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Send Evolution-list mailing list submissions to > > evolution-list@gnome.org > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Evolution-list digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Synching data on 2 machines (Jeff Grant) > > 2. Re: Synching data on 2 machines (Pete Biggs) > > 3. Re: Evolution on Kubuntu (was: Default Paper Size) (Milan Crha) > > 4. Re: palm pilot sync problems (Andrew Greig) > > 5. Re: looking for a dictionary (Milan Crha) > > 6. Re: looking for a dictionary (HggdH) > > 7. Embedding a spreadsheet chart into email (Chris Worley) > > 8. Re: Embedding a spreadsheet chart into email (Paul Smith) > > 9. Re: Embedding a spreadsheet chart into email (Daniel Kasak) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:24:41 +0000 > > From: Jeff Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [Evolution] Synching data on 2 machines > > To: evolution-list@gnome.org > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > I feel sure this must have been asked and dealt with before, but I can't > > find it, so please forgive me if this goes over ground already covered. > > I've only recently started to use Evo (2.12.2) in PCLinuxOS 2007 - and > > I'm beginning to like it a lot. The one problem I have however is this. > > I work on two machines in two different locations. I need therefore to > > synchronize on a daily basis all my data on both, especially my diary > > and address book. (Mail is no problem as I use an IMAP server). How do I > > do this? I've tried copying my user/.evolution folder and sometimes this > > has worked and sometimes not - I've no idea why there should be that > > inconsistency. It seems to me there must be a lot of people in the same > > situation as myself so there has to be a simple answer - I hope! - I'm > > relatively new to Linux as well as to Evo. Any help would be greatly > > appreciated. > > > > Jeff Grant > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:28:52 +0000 > > From: Pete Biggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Synching data on 2 machines > > To: evolution-list@gnome.org > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > > > On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 12:24 +0000, Jeff Grant wrote: > > > I feel sure this must have been asked and dealt with before, but I can't > > > find it, so please forgive me if this goes over ground already covered. > > > I've only recently started to use Evo (2.12.2) in PCLinuxOS 2007 - and > > > I'm beginning to like it a lot. The one problem I have however is this. > > > I work on two machines in two different locations. I need therefore to > > > synchronize on a daily basis all my data on both, especially my diary > > > and address book. (Mail is no problem as I use an IMAP server). How do I > > > do this? I've tried copying my user/.evolution folder and sometimes this > > > has worked and sometimes not - I've no idea why there should be that > > > inconsistency. It seems to me there must be a lot of people in the same > > > situation as myself so there has to be a simple answer - I hope! - I'm > > > relatively new to Linux as well as to Evo. Any help would be greatly > > > appreciated. > > > > > > > I use syncevolution talking to a funambol server (specifically > > Scheduleworld) to keep multiple copies of evolution calendar in sync > > with each other - it also does contacts, todo lists etc. > > > > One reason you may have had problems copying the raw files over is that > > Evo and it's associated components cache a lot of data, so you need to > > make sure everything is killed before copying files around - do > > 'evolution --force-shutdown' before doing the copy. > > > > P. > > > > > Thank you P. That last - force-shutdown etc. seems to have done it. > Something I'd never have worked out for myself given my state of > Linux-savvy at the moment! I did as you suggested, then zipped the > user/.evolution directory, copied it to the other machine, unzipped it > in that one's home/user directory and Evo launched perfectly. Thank you > again.
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