I restored my home directory and downgraded back to the 2.32 stable packages after verifying upstream 3.0.0 has this problem also on Natty.
apt-get install evolution/natty evolution-common/natty evolution-data- server/natty evolution-data-server-common/natty evolution-plugins/natty libevolution/natty libebook1.2-10/natty libecal1.2-8/natty libedataserver1.2-14/natty root@repo:~# dpkg -l | grep evolution | awk '{ print $1, $2, $3}' ii evolution 2.32.2-0ubuntu7 ii evolution-common 2.32.2-0ubuntu7 ii evolution-couchdb 0.5.3-0ubuntu2 ii evolution-data-server 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 ii evolution-data-server-common 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 ii evolution-indicator 0.2.14-0ubuntu4 ii evolution-plugins 2.32.2-0ubuntu7 ii evolution-webcal 2.32.0-0ubuntu2 ii libebackend1.2-0 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 ii libebook1.2-10 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 ii libecal1.2-8 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 ii libedata-book1.2-8 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 ii libedata-cal1.2-10 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 ii libedataserver1.2-14 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 ii libedataserverui1.2-11 2.32.2-0ubuntu2 ii libevolution 2.32.2-0ubuntu7 ii libmultisync-plugin-evolution 0.82-9ubuntu1 ii python-evolution 2.32.0-0ubuntu2 ii tracker-miner-evolution 0.8.17-1ubuntu2 Since I received the "Query" error in 3.0 at initial creation of the addressbook, I re-tested 2.32 during a recreation of the addressbook (remove, shutdown, add-back) and also got an invalid query error as the first message. (Screenshot attached) ** Attachment added: "Invalid Query" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution-data-server/+bug/755043/+attachment/2094397/+files/Evo_ContactsBug_OnAdd.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evolution-data-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/755043 Title: Google Contacts timeout while loading in Evolution -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs