On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 05:29 -0700, merlyn2 wrote: > Would some wise person help me with an Evolution prob. > > I'm running Evolution 2.8.1 on an old Ubuntu system. > > I want to transfer all the data from this installation to a fresh > installation of Ubuntu running Evolution 2.26.1 > > I've googled about a lot and tried a few suggestions but nothing has worked. > > Help much appreciated. I'm pulling my hair out. > > Thanks.
Hi, I am not familiar with the 2.8.1 version, but I know that at some point, evolution has changed database system. To my knowledge, the Hardy version (8.04) is still using the old database system, but with updates. I would suggest to install a virtual machine with Hardy and try to import your backup (made by evolution) in there. Alternatively, you can use the script below to create a backup. (extract in you virtual machine after) If hardy can read it, create a new backup with evolution on hardy, and try restoring that in the new version. It should automatically upgrade your database to the new one. Good Luck. M.kojak.S #! /bin/sh # # Shutdown evolution and gconftool-2 gconftool-2 --shutdown evolution --force-shutdown # Backup evolution settings and data to a backup directory. sudo tar -cvzf /home/user/evolution-backup.tar.gz /home/user/.evolution/ /home/user/.gconf/apps/evolution/ /home/user/.gnome2_private/Evolution/ _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
