[Evolution-users] Evolution suddenly back to zero

[Milan Crha]

On Thu, 2025-04-24 at 13:03 +0200, rsbrux via evolution-users wrote:
> 
> A problem with flatpack in general seems unlikely to me.  The other
> flatpack app I use regularly, GnuCash, hasn't displayed any problems.

	Hi,
I agree, such problems are unlikely. It still seems like something
happened. It can be that the other apps use a different runtime, which
is not affected.

> I have also attached the output of "flatpack list", which doesn't
> show any*.Locale.  Should it? Is there something I need to install
> manually?

Ah, right, plain `flatpak list` does not show the Locale runtimes, they
are shown with:

   flatpak list --all

> > 
> The file "/etc/dconf/db/site" exists in the base system, but is empty
> (0 bytes).

Mine has 104 bytes and contains some binary data.

> If it should be in the flatpack container, where should I find it?

You can run a shell in the flatpak sandbox of the app with:

   flatpak run --command=sh org.gnome.Evolution

> It's not there.  There are two other .source files in a "trash"
> folder deep under ~/.var/app/org.gnome.Evolution/cache/evolution/.

Being it under `cache`, it's a discovered "sub-source", like a calendar
or such. It does not contain the main account definition.

> This seems to be the case, but rather than manually recreating all of
> these accounts, I will first try restoring
> ~/.var/app/org.gnome.Evolution/cache/evolution/ from backup.
> Does Evolution flatpack have any other storage locations?

The flatpak location is up to the flatpak, in fact Evolution doesn't
know where the files are, but as far as I know the app data is stored
under the ~/.var/app/${APPID}/ , thus for the evo:

  ~/.var/app/org.gnome.Evolution/

If you are going to play with a file backup, please make sure nothing
from the flatpak Evolution is running before you begin to change the
files. Closing Evolution is not enough, things like the alarm notify
are running in the background, to be able to notify you about the
event/task reminders. That's why I suggested to run:

   flatpak kill org.gnome.Evolution

to be sure it's not running. It's okay when the command says it's not
running. You can also `ps ax | grep evolution` to see the running
processes both in the system and in the sandbox. Those with an `/app/`
prefix are those in the Flatpak.

	Bye,
	Milan