Re: [Evolution] can't change any preference setting

2017-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2017-06-13 at 07:41 +, NT KC wrote: > So the "sudo rm /run/user/1???/dconf/user" sounds plausible, but had no > effect No effect > > Next i deleted all dconf i could find in my homedir, and now all works. Hi, this wasn't the best thing to do, since by doing this you lost all customi

[Evolution] Cannot accept calendar invites from fellow Evolution user

2017-06-15 Thread Youssef Mahmoud
Hello everyone, I have a contact who regularly sends me calendar invites that he generates using Evolution. I am unable to click on any of the interface buttons that Evolution generates when rendering an email that has an ICS attachment (Open Calendar, Decline, Tentative, Accept). The buttons appe

Re: [Evolution] can't change any preference setting

2017-06-15 Thread Pete Biggs
> this wasn't the best thing to do, since by doing this you lost all > customized settings for all applications using dconf. Next time for > testing purpose move dconf files in home or directly just change the > owner permissions. > > sudo chown $USER:$USER .config/dconf/user > sudo chown $USER:$

Re: [Evolution] can't change any preference setting

2017-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:27:09 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: >1000-1999 range I wrote about this already ;). In this case the context is important ;). Deleting the tmpfs file doesn't cause issues, but indeed, on a set-up that never ever is used by the OP, this range could cause issues. An admin for a mul

Re: [Evolution] can't change any preference setting

2017-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:27:09 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: >Changing the ownership to $USER:$USER only works for those systems that >generate a group for each user. It is not ubiquitous. True, but it shouldn't cause an issue, if there shouldn't be a group for each individual user. The main pitfall sti

Re: [Evolution] can't change any preference setting

2017-06-15 Thread Pete Biggs
On Thu, 2017-06-15 at 22:40 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:27:09 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > 1000-1999 range > > I wrote about this already ;). In this case the context is important ;). > Deleting the tmpfs file doesn't cause issues, but indeed, on a set-up > that never ever

Re: [Evolution] can't change any preference setting

2017-06-15 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 23:06:22 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: >I think what I was trying to get across is that the answer you give is >findable on the net Ok, now I understand your concern. OTOH regular users on multi-user systems shouldn't be allowed to get root privileges, this way the owner and group o

Re: [Evolution] can't change any preference setting

2017-06-15 Thread NT KC
Hi, I have sufficient backup if it would backfire, but agreed the less rigiouse solutions suggested are better/cleaner Thnx Den 2017-06-15 kl. 13:51, skrev Ralf Mardorf: > On Tue, 2017-06-13 at 07:41 +, NT KC wrote: >> So the "sudo rm /run/user/1???/dconf/user" sounds plausible, but had n