If anyone is interested in a workaround, here's something that seems to work on my Ubuntu install.
I noticed that running /usr/lib/evolution/evolution-calendar-factory by itself manually will cause it to perform some initializations and terminate after a few seconds. I'm not using any calendar-related services. -------- Registering ECalBackendContactsEventsFactory ('contacts:VEVENT') <<snip>> Registering ECalBackendCalDAVTodosFactory ('caldav:VTODO') Server is up and running... Bus name 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar4' acquired. Bye. -------- I also noticed that if I ran /usr/lib/evolution/evolution-calendar- factory while there is already an instance running, the new instance will take over the 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar4' bus and will cause the older one to terminate: -------- Registering ECalBackendContactsEventsFactory ('contacts:VEVENT') <<snip>> Registering ECalBackendCalDAVTodosFactory ('caldav:VTODO') Server is up and running... Bus name 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar4' acquired. <<launch another instance in another terminal>> Bus name 'org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar4' lost. Bye. -------- Since I'm not using any calendar-related services, I added a startup item via GUI that invokes /usr/lib/evolution/evolution-calendar-factory without any options: -------- > cat ~/.config/autostart/evolution-calendar-factory.desktop [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Exec=/usr/lib/evolution/evolution-calendar-factory Hidden=false NoDisplay=false X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true Name=Workaround for evolution-calendar-factory -------- This causes the original "stuck" startup process to lose its hold on org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar4 and terminate. This workaround is a lot less invasive than the suggestions I have seen elsewhere to uninstall packages or remove the file's execute bit, since org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar4 will still be available. Again, this is a workaround. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find out what causes the process to be stuck in the first place, or whether or not it really needs to run all the time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342123 Title: evolution-calendar-factory always running with high memory usage To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution-data-server/+bug/1342123/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs