I have had this problem for some time using Thunderbird. I have a "Google" addressbook that I cannot remember creating. After reading these posts (especially killing e-addressbook-factory) I seemed to have solved it for me (a Thunderbird user). The "Google" address book dates back to the time I used evolution. So here is what I understand of the problem:
The "Google" address book would always be empty (after opening Thunderbird and getting the message). But I could not delete it. After killing e-addressbook-factory and re-opening Thunderbird, the message was gone and the "Google" address book was filled. I could still not delete it though, because Thunderbird does not allow deleting a gnome- contacts folder (short version of message after trying to delete it). Even though I am not using evolution any more and have uninstalled it, "evolution-data-server" (package) was still installed and the "gnome- contacts" depends on it. However, I have always used Thunderbird for my contacts, so uninstalling evolution-data-server together with gnome- contacts would not seem to affect me. So how do I sync contacts with Google? Simple - I use Zindus Thunderbird plugin (and have been since I installed Thunderbird). This allows you to pick an addressbook to sync - in my case "Personal Address Book". So I really do not need to have a "Google" address book in any case. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evolution-data-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1010349 Title: Evolution address book inaccessible without killing one time "e -addressbook-factory" Status in “evolution-data-server” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After a fresh boot of my system, Evolution is not able to access my work address book on LDAP and my personnal address book on Google. With Google address book I get the error "Cannot open book: Source already loaded!" After shutting down Evolution and killing by hand : /usr/lib/evolution/e-addressbook-factory. I relaunch Evolution and everything go right. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: evolution-data-server 3.2.3-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jun 8 09:07:18 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) SourcePackage: evolution-data-server UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution-data-server/+bug/1010349/+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
