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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1010349 Title: Evolution address book inaccessible without killing one time "e -addressbook-factory" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution-data-server/+bug/1010349/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
