Another possibility is that the bug seems to occur when the new contact being added has the same email address as an existing contact, i.e. where two separate contacts share the same email address. Maybe Evolution does not allow this.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/976530 Title: Evolution Contacts crashes on saving a new contact if the contact's email address has been cut-and-pasted in from elsewhere Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: It seems to happen every time a cut-and-pasted email address is used, so appears to be a bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: evolution 3.2.2-0ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Apr 8 13:06:59 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) SourcePackage: evolution UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-19 (171 days ago) XsessionErrors: (gnome-settings-daemon:1493): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_new_string: assertion `string != NULL' failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/976530/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
