This is possibly related to the ENAMETOOLONG bugs in ecryptfs, with encrypted filenames.
Can you confirm that you're using encrypted filenames in your setup? How many lines does your $HOME/.ecryptfs/Private.sig file have? 2? ** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Also affects: evolution (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- 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/745408 Title: evolution suffers from ecryptfs Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “evolution” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils After ~/.evolution was transferred to encrypted fs I bumped into following bug. New folders with random filenames started to appear from time to time. see screenshot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: ecryptfs-utils 83-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-30.59-generic 2.6.32.29+drm33.13 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Mar 30 08:58:30 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ProcEnviron: LC_TIME=C PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=C SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ecryptfs-utils To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/745408/+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