Paul, the "evolution needs to be restarted after adding a contact" is bug #30843
John, I've forwarded your issue upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349320, maybe they will have ideas about it ** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Unconfirmed ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #349320 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349320 ** Also affects: evolution (upstream) via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349320 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Can't use the "To" button in Compose Message to look up contacts https://launchpad.net/bugs/47329 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs