Leap 15.5 evolution evo-file:///:1:10: ReferenceError: Can’t find variable: EvoEditor after update

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Dear all, i had the some issue with leap 15.4 and evolution after an update yesterday. The first error mentioned here

could be solved by downgrading libwebkit2gtk to libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37-2.38.6-150400.4.42.4.

The remaining error occurs while sending mails is: evo-file:///:1:10: ReferenceError: Can’t find variable: EvoEditor

I tried all suggestions mentioned here:

I would like to downgrade evolution but zypper se -s evolution lists only the installed version 3.42.4-150400.3.3.1

Thanks for all input.

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There is something wrong with your repositories.

andrei@leap154:~/src/systemd> zypper se -sx -t package evolution
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S | Name      | Type    | Version             | Arch   | Repository
--+-----------+---------+---------------------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------
  | evolution | package | 3.42.4-150400.3.3.1 | x86_64 | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15
  | evolution | package | 3.42.4-150400.1.10  | x86_64 | Main Repository
andrei@leap154:~/src/systemd>
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Now your title says 15.5, your tag chosen is 15.4. Confusing.

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That is what you say. But to say it bluntly, we almost never believe what is said. We believe very much what the system shows. Always copy/paste between </> in a post all what you did to jump to your conclusion.

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Here is the output:

zypper se -sx -t package evolution
Metadaten von Repository ‘Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15’ abrufen …[fertig]
Cache für Repository ‘Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15’ erzeugen …[fertig]
Repository-Daten werden geladen…
Installierte Pakete werden gelesen…
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
—±----------±------±--------------------±-------±--------------------
i+ | evolution | Paket | 3.42.4-150400.3.3.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1
i+ | evolution | Paket | 3.42.4-150400.3.3.1 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository

I installed Leap 15.5 two weeks ago from scratch, all was working fine. Repositories are just as predefined during installation, nothing special. Yesterday i did a ‘zypper dup’ and now evolution is broken.

Maybe there is a solution beside reinstalling Leap15.5 und not doing the update.

N.B. It is 15.5, it is not possible to choose it as a tag, the tag 15.4 was preset by the forum software - sorry i am not really familiar with these things. I am just an ordinary suse/opensuse user since 26 year or so…

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I changed it to 15.5.

And please when your system language is not English, but you post here output of programs, then precede the program call with LANG=C, like

LANG=C zypper se -sx -t package evolution
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Am NON-Techncial… working through this

Could not save to autosave file “.evolution-composer.autosave-HYSYA2”.
Error saving to autosave because “evo-file:///:1:10: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: EvoEditor”.

…

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Same problem here with very narrow slot. I had updated my system, (OpenSUSE 15.5), yesterday and then noticed I couldn’t read anything in the preview pane. I downgraded libwebkit2gtk which also downgraded libjavascriptcore.

> zypper se -sx -t package libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name                 | Type    | Version              | Arch   | Repository
---+----------------------+---------+----------------------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------
v  | libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 | package | 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3 | x86_64 | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15
i+ | libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 | package | 2.38.6-150400.4.42.4 | x86_64 | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15
v  | libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 | package | 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1 | x86_64 | Main Repository
v  | libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37 | package | 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1

> zypper se -sx -t package libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name                        | Type    | Version              | Arch   | Repository
---+-----------------------------+---------+----------------------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------
v  | libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 | package | 2.40.5-150400.4.45.3 | x86_64 | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15
i+ | libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 | package | 2.38.6-150400.4.42.4 | x86_64 | Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15
v  | libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 | package | 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1 | x86_64 | Main Repository
v  | libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18 | package | 2.38.6-150400.4.39.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1

This enables me to read the messages, but creating a new message results in

Could not save to autosave file “.evolution-composer.autosave-N8EJA2”.

Error saving to autosave because “evo-file:///:1:10: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: EvoEditor”.

There must be something else that needs to be downgraded? So after downloading webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles to 2.38.6-150400.4.42.4, it appears to work okay.

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Maybe you missed a package?
These are packages I have locked with the patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3419

zypper ll

#  | Name                            | Type    | Repository | Comment
---+---------------------------------+---------+------------+--------
2  | libjavascriptcoregtk-4_0-18     | package | (any)      | 
3  | libjavascriptcoregtk-4_1-0      | package | (any)      | 
4  | libwebkit2gtk-4_0-37            | package | (any)      | 
5  | libwebkit2gtk-4_1-0             | package | (any)      | 
6  | openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3419     | patch   | (any)      | 
7  | typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_0         | package | (any)      | 
8  | typelib-1_0-WebKit2-4_1         | package | (any)      | 
9  | webkit2gtk-4_0-injected-bundles | package | (any)      | 
10 | webkit2gtk-4_1-injected-bundles | package | (any)      |

They should all have Version 2.38.6-150400.4.42.4

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Hello all.
Same error here (OpenSUSE 15.4). I have downgraded and locked the packages Sauerland pointed out and it seems to work fine.
Thanks.

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Am without a printer, however as PRINT saves message as PDF, am able to read content by using PRINT.

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Leap 15.5 has the new patch.
It can be updated.

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Thanks to all replies.

The new patch from today did not help - window with mail preview in evolution has again zero height. For reading messages one has to reply or print into pdf.

The downgrade of all libraries to version 2.38.6-150400.4.42.4, as sauerland mentioned above, resolved the problem.

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Still seeing text hidden with zero height.

Am able to read using : PRINT

Am able to read using : Edit as New Message

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you should open an bugreport.

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The patch which updated to 2.40.5-150400.4.48.1 still gives narrow height of message preview. Going back to 2.38.6-150400.4.42.4.

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Hi!
I’m happy. Downgraded and have locked Evolution. It works fine for me:

You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command.
Computing distribution upgrade...

Problem: problem with the installed evolution-3.42.4-lp154.4.1.x86_64
 Solution 1: install evolution-3.42.4-150400.3.3.1.x86_64 from vendor SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/>
  replacing evolution-3.42.4-lp154.4.1.x86_64 from vendor obs://build.opensuse.org/GNOME
 Solution 2: keep obsolete evolution-3.42.4-lp154.4.1.x86_64

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c/d/?] (c):

Regards

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I’m happy to report the patch which updates to 2.40.5-150400.4.51.1 shows the full preview window!

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I unlocked the relevant packages and did a zypper up. Evolution now works correctly. Thanks for the info, dt30.