messages not displayed (Too many open files)

Binary package hint: evolution

Hi,

I was reading mail as usual with evolution and suddenly evolution would not display the contents of messages. The folders content was displayed but when I clicked on a message the message pane was empty. Here is an excerpt of the error messages I saw on the terminal:

(evolution-2.8:21406): GLib-WARNING **: giounix.c:400Error while getting flags for FD: Bad file descriptor (9)

(evolution-2.8:21406): camel-WARNING **: Could not save object state file to '/<email address hidden>/folders/INBOX/.#cmeta': Too many open files
I/O error : Too many open files
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/bonnaud/.evolution/mail/views/current_view-imap:<email address hidden>fr_admin.xml"

(evolution-2.8:21406): camel-WARNING **: Could not save object state file to '/<email address hidden>/folders/admin/.#cmeta': Too many open files

(evolution-2.8:21406): camel-WARNING **: Could not save object state file to '/<email address hidden>/folders/admin/.#cmeta': Too many open files
I/O error : Too many open files
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/home/bonnaud/.evolution/mail/views/current_view-imap:<email address hidden>fr_INBOX.xml"

Evolution displayed one such message for all folders in my accounts.

When I tried to quit Evolution, it displayed a dialog box with this error message:

Internal error, unknown error 'mail:async-error' requested

Package: evolution
Version: 2.8.1-0ubuntu1
Severity: normal

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers edgy-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'edgy-updates'), (500, 'edgy-security'), (500, 'edgy-backports'), (500, 'edgy')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-10-generic
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii dbus 0.93-0ubuntu2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii evolution-data-serv 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 evolution database backend server
ii gconf2 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.16.0.1-0ubuntu2 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gtkhtml3.8 3.12.1-0ubuntu1 HTML rendering/editing library - b
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.12.3-0ubuntu1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6ubuntu1 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libavahi-client3 0.6.13-2ubuntu2 Avahi client library
ii libavahi-common3 0.6.13-2ubuntu2 Avahi common library
ii libavahi-glib1 0.6.13-2ubuntu2 Avahi glib integration library
ii libbonobo2-0 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.4-1ubuntu11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.2.4-1ubuntu1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libcamel1.2-8 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 The Evolution MIME message handlin
ii libdbus-1-3 0.93-0ubuntu2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.71-1ubuntu1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libebook1.2-9 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 Client library for evolution addre
ii libecal1.2-7 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 Client library for evolution calen
ii libedataserver1.2-7 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 Utility library for evolution data
ii libedataserverui1.2 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 GUI utility library for evolution
ii libegroupwise1.2-12 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 Client library for accessing group
ii libesd-alsa0 [libes 0.2.36-3ubuntu3 Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) -
ii libexchange-storage 1.8.1-0ubuntu2 Backend library for evolution cale
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-7ubuntu2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.2-2 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.4-0ubuntu1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.6.0-0ubuntu1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome-pilot2 2.0.14-0ubuntu2 Support libraries for gnome-pilot
ii libgnome2-0 2.16.0-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.14.0-3ubuntu1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.12.1-5ubuntu1 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii libgnomeprintui2.2- 2.12.1-4 GNOME 2.2 print architecture User
ii libgnomeui-0 2.16.1-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.16.1-0ubuntu2 GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii libgnutls13 1.4.0-3ubuntu1 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii libgpg-error0 1.2-1 library for common error values an
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.10.6-0ubuntu1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgtkhtml3.8-15 3.12.1-0ubuntu1 HTML rendering/editing library - r
ii libhal1 0.5.7.1-0ubuntu14 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii libice6 2:1.0.1-1ubuntu1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii liblaunchpad-integr 0.1.4 library for launchpad integration
ii libldap2 2.1.30-13build1 OpenLDAP libraries
ii liblpint-bonobo0 0.1.4 library for launchpad integration
ii libnotify1 0.4.2-0ubuntu3 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.3-0ubuntu1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.14.5-0ubuntu1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpisock9 0.12.1-5 library for communicating with a P
ii libpisync0 0.12.1-5 synchronization library for PalmOS
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.1 PNG library - runtime
ii libpopt0 1.10-2 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libselinux1 1.30-1 SELinux shared libraries
ii libsm6 2:1.0.1-1ubuntu1 X11 Session Management library
ii libsoup2.2-8 2.2.96-0ubuntu1 an HTTP library implementation in
ii libtasn1-3 0.3.5-1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-0ubuntu3 X11 client-side library
ii libxcursor1 1.1.7-0ubuntu1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.1-1ubuntu1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.1-0ubuntu1 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxi6 2:1.0.1-0ubuntu1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.1-4build1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.6.26.dfsg-2ubuntu3 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.1-0ubuntu1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.1-0ubuntu1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13ubuntu1 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages evolution recommends:
ii evolution-plugins 2.8.1-0ubuntu1 All bundled plugins for Evolution
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.16.1-0ubuntu1 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii gnome-pilot-conduits 2.0.14-0ubuntu1 conduits for gnome-pilot
ii yelp 2.16.1-0ubuntu2 Help browser for GNOME 2

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