Following up on my report, if I try to start it as root instead of as a normal user it starts, but I get:
** (evolution:4716): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-4Me0oN1k69: Connection refused (evolution:4716): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files (evolution:4716): evolution-mail-WARNING **: e_mail_remote_content_set_config_filename: Failed to open '/root/.config/evolution/mail/remote-content.db': unable to open database file (evolution:4716): evolution-mail-WARNING **: e_mail_properties_set_config_filename: Failed to open '/root/.config/evolution/mail/properties.db': unable to open database file ** (evolution-alarm-notify:4725): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-4Me0oN1k69: Connection refused -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1748748 Title: Evolutiion fails to start. Cannot connect /tmp/dbus-* To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/1748748/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs