Thanks for the ideas Matt, here's what I've tried (evolution 1.4.5): 1 - address autocomplete works if I create a new 'test' user and start evolution from scratch.
2 - if I move my own ~/evolution directory to ~/oldevolution, or ~/crap , and then start up evolution, a few things aren't found (like my shortcuts.xml), but most things, including my address book are! I don't see a .evolution directory or file, is there another place that a copy of these files or pointer to them might be residing? I'm guessing that this problem is actually at the root of my fixing the autocomplete by overwriting the dysfunctional files with the correct one. Can anyone help me figure out where all of the configuration information for evolution might be hiding if it's not directly under the ~/evolution directory? Thanks! -Kevin Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
--- Begin Message ---Mr. Rennert, I've had autocomplete disappear a few times myself. I've had some luck getting it up and going by fiddling with the addressbook. That is, on one machine touching addressbook.db and addressbook.summary in ~/evolution/local/Contacts worked. Or, I went to a different machine and copied those files over, and it worked. But, the one way I *know* has worked is to wipe out the addressbook and re-enter every card. That is not fun, but it has always worked for me. Try doing some things like that. Try moving evolution/ to oldevolution/, starting it, quitting, then copying over the contents of oldevolution/local/Contacts to /evolution/local/Contacts, touch every file in it, then restarting. HTH, Matt -- I am a theoretical chemist. Fear me! Matt Thompson -- http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~thompsma/ 440 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0440 JILA A510, 303-492-4662
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