Cannot open Evolution Email application (MODIFICATION)

[Ted Potter]

On 2/26/06, John Wirt <j.wirt.112 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Aha!  I have determined that the 192.168.10.50 IP address belongs to my
> Print Server.  So this explains the error message that "...some other
> host is already using address 192.168.10.50."  Starting the Evolution
> EMail shell still produces the error message, "cannot access Ximian
> Evolution shell "The new discovery is that the 192.168.10.50 IP address
> has nothing to do with this.
>
> However, I did at one point create a Ethernet connection, eth0, for this
> IP address. Obviously, this was a mistake. The question is have I
> corrupted the TCPIP configuration somehow (or the configuration of
> Evolution)?
>
> How can I fix the Evolution email program?
>
> John Wirt


John -

a quick google produced this
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2003-April/msg00567.html

you might want to try that. Just google the error message for more links

hth

Ted






-------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Cannot open Evolution Email application
> Date:   Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:52:50 -0500
> From:   John Wirt <j.wirt.112 at comcast.net>
> To:     Redhat Install List <Redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>
>
>
> I have recently updated my RedHat Enterprise workstation to version
> 2.4.21-37.0.1.EL but in the process the Evolution Email application no
> longer works.  He Kmail application works but not Evolution Email.
>
> When I try to start Evolution, an error message appears, "Cannot access
> the Ximian Evolution Shell."
>
> After updating RedHat, I got an error in the boot up.that the eth0
> connection could not be started because,
>
>   "...some other host is already using address 192.168.10.50."
>
> The Kmail client would not work either. To get an email client, I used
> the Network Configuration Tool to delete the installed connection and
> create a new one. The installed connection had a fixed IP address at
> 192.168.10.50 and it's status was "Inactive." I tried to Activate" it
> but got the message the "some other host is already using address
> 192..168.10.50." So, I deleted this connection.
>
> After installing a new connection at 192.168.10.51, I am able to use
> KMail but not Evolution.
>
> I am not sure why the 192.168.10.50 connection is "locked." In fact, it
> no longer exists, at least when viewed with the Network Configuration
> application. I assigned this fixed IP address when I originally
> configured RedHat. My machine came setup by Dell but I configured it.
> The 192.168.10.50 connection worked for months with Evolution Email.
>
> The reason that  Evolution will no longer open is probably that it is
> configured to use a connection that no longer works for some reason.
>
> I would like to clear this "other host that is using 192.168.10.50" but
> do not know what to do to accomplish this. Once cleared, maybe Evolution
> will open and I will be back in business.
>
> I do not understand why this 192.168.10.50 connection has apparently
> gotten locked up. After a considerable effort I have swapped the
> physical drives 0 and 1 to install another operating system which craves
> drive 0 in a dual boot arrangement, and in the process of reconfiguring
> Grub to run from drive 1 I had occasion to send some emails out to my
> other computer. In reconfiguring Grub I  was booted to a copy of Knoppix
> but configured KMail to use 192.168.10.50. This worked. I do not know if
> KMail was running in Knoppix or in the copy of Linux in the /root
> directory on the new drive 1.
>
> Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
>
> Basically, what I want to do is delete the 192,168.10.50 connection that
> has apparently been taken over by some process and recreate it for
> Evolution to use. Maybe I have to uninstall Evolution in order to
> accomplish this. I do not know how to uninstall Evolution.
>
>
> John Wirt
>
>
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Ted Potter
tpotter at techmarin.com
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