Hangs on startup, found the fix here http://www.openkazan.info/node/3120
1. Close
evolution 2. Force-close it completely sudo evolution –force-shutdown 3. Open
gconf-editor , if not installed: sudo apt-get install gconf-editor
4. Navigate to /apps/evolution/calendar/notify, change the value of the last_notification_time variable to the minimum value or just set it to 0.
Launch evolution, enjoy.