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evolution package

Problem with evolution and passwords

Bug #62933 reported by David Prieto
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evolution (Ubuntu)
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: evolution

Sometimes, when I start evolution I get this message:

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/4983/pantallazodesbloquearanilloja1.png

I think it's how it's supposed to work, since after entering the password I get access to my mail as soon as the program is open.

Some other times, however, I get this:

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5287/pantallazointroduzcasucontraseaparafrandavid100gmailcmi0.png

Seems to happen randomly, and when it does I get the message every single time I want to check my mail (or if I leave the program alone, every certain minutes when evo tries to get new mail). This behavior is, of course, erratic and should be fixed.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. The first dialog is the keyring one. evolution stores the password to the GNOME keyring. If you refuse the access to it or type a wrong password it's likely it fallback to the standard password asking, the bug you describe with that dialog is known as bug #61887 already

Changed in evolution:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail) wrote :

"If you refuse the access to it or type a wrong password it's likely it fallback to the standard password asking"

That's not the case: the standard password dialog appears as soon as evo fires up, I have no chance to even type the keyring pass.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

is gnome-keyring-daemon running?

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David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail) wrote :

It's supposed to start when the system starts, right?

However, evo seems to show the standard one the first time I launch it and the keyring one the second. Maybe gnome-keyring-daemon just takes too long to start? I'm just guessing here.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

maybe

do you have evolution stored to your session or do you start it by hand?

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David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail) wrote :

I start it by hand.

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David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail) wrote :

Alright Sebastien, I found the way to reproduce it. If I start evo through the gnome panel I get the ketyring dialog, but if I start it through my key shortcut (ctrl+alt+e in my case) I get the classic dialog.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

that's an useful detail, the issue is similar to bug #62163, marking as duplicated

Changed in evolution:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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