[SLUG] Evolution Can't Start: (Cannot access Bonobo/ConfigDatabase, not upgrading configuration.)

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I have 3 boxes, all debian woody (how apt;punny)

1. (cyclops) P3 600 i810 256Mb RAM
2. (wolverine) Celeron 300A 192 Mb RAM
3. (storm) P166 128Mb RAM

All have same packages installed, give or take autoconf, netscape, vnc.
All have been installed in the last month.
(1) and (3) run evolution
(2) ran debian woody evolution 1.0.5 and now runs everything else, galeon, openoffice etc, but evolution (1.2.2) now dies with:

woody@wolverine:~$ evolution

Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
(Killing old version of Wombat...)
(Cannot access Bonobo/ConfigDatabase, not upgrading configuration.)
        IDL:OAF/GeneralError:1.0

evolution-shell-WARNING **: Cannot access Bonobo/ConfigDatabase on wombat: (IDL:OAF/GeneralError:1.0)
Killed
You have mail in /home/woody/.inbox
woody@wolverine:~$ 

and an X window pops up with:

(-) Cannot initialize the Ximian Evolution shell: Configuration Database not found. [OK]

I have searched and tried everything:

A) killev;oaf-slay;rm -r /tmp/orbit-woody ~/.gconf ~/.gconfd

B) purged all packages down to oafd
B2) and removed all the directories which weren't removed by apt because they weren't empty

C) both the debian evolution packages (evolution 1.0.5) and the ximian evolution packages (1.2.2 apt-got from http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/ ximian/debian/)

D) checking /etc/ld.so.conf and re-running ldconfig

E) running evolution on cyclops (always works) as the same user

Any ideas?
-- 
Woody