I have the same problem. I upgraded from Feisty to Gutsy just a few days ago and everything was fine until today. Now it can't connect to the backend at all. I tried the --force-shutdown and did nothing, nor does rebooting / restarting X.
I would really hate to go back to Windoze... I started evolution with the --debug switch and what I got is here.. CalDAV Eplugin starting up ... ** (evolution:30661): DEBUG: mailto URL command: evolution %s ** (evolution:30661): DEBUG: mailto URL program: evolution (evolution:30661): evolution-mail-WARNING **: Error occurred while existing dialogue active: Lost connection to Evolution Exchange backend process Loading Spamassasin as the default junk plugin Version is evolution 2.12.0. -- Evolution cannot connect to Exchange backend process https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34199 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
