Does KMail2 work better in 12.04

Thu May 3 16:32:39 UTC 2012

Hello Everybody

With respect to MySQL and SQLite - I have been tweaking today along the lines 
of your suggestions, Steve: in this thread as well as in your contribution on 
this subject at Kubuntu furums: http://bit.ly/Ivu0fH
Now, I am somewhere half way: at one netbook it seems to work quite well, at 
another one, I am in a seemingly vicious circle of complications.

The netbook where SQLite seems to work well, is a HP Pavilion dm 1. Main 
specs: 500 GB HD, 1,66 GHZ AMD Dual Core Processor,  4 GB RAM, Kubuntu 12.04. 
Dealing with IMAP GMAIL e-mail goes considerably smoother and quicker now.  
One question remains for this netbook:  do I need to UNinstall "Akonadi 
backend MySQL"? Uninstalling this would imply removal AND installation of a 
whole bunch of other packages- according to the info in MUON package manager. 
So, my question is now: can both MySQL and SQLite stay in the same system? 

The other netbook is an Eee PC 1001HA - 250 GB HD, 1,66 GHZ processor, 2GB 
RAM, Kubuntu 12.04. There, I have followed exactly the same procedure. 
However, I do simply not manage to get started Akonadi in that case.  Below 
you can find a so-called "Akonadi Server Self-Test Report" which highlights 
technical details with respect to the complications. A specific thread at 
forum.kde.org points at a remedy I have been using successfully recently in 
similar situations - removal of the akonadi-configuration:
~/.local/share/akonadi/
~/.config/akonadi/
~/.kde4/share/config/akonadi* 

But when restarting the system, I get back the original configuration - as a 
matter of consequence, MySQL is enabled and SQLite disabled.
My question is now: what to  do next to enable again SQLite together with 
Kontact?
Thanks for any input that might come in.
Respectfully yours,
Bas.

Akonadi Server Self-Test Report
===============================

Test 1:  SUCCESS
--------

Database driver found.
Details: The QtSQL driver 'QSQLITE3' is required by your current Akonadi 
server configuration and was found on your system.

File content of '/home/bas/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc':
[%General]
Driver=QSQLITE3

[QSQLITE3]
Name=/home/bas/.local/share/akonadi/akonadi.db

[Debug]
Tracer=null 

Test 2:  SUCCESS
--------

Akonadi is not running as root
Details: Akonadi is not running as a root/administrator user, which is the 
recommended setup for a secure system.

Test 3:  SKIP
--------

MySQL server executable not tested.
Details: The current configuration does not require an internal MySQL server.

Test 4:  SKIP
--------

MySQL server error log not tested.
Details: The current configuration does not require an internal MySQL server.

Test 5:  SKIP
--------

MySQL server configuration not tested.
Details: The current configuration does not require an internal MySQL server.

Test 6:  SUCCESS
--------

akonadictl found and usable
Details: The program '/usr/bin/akonadictl' to control the Akonadi server was 
found and could be executed successfully.
Result:
Akonadi 1.7.2

Test 7:  ERROR
--------

Akonadi control process not registered at D-Bus.
Details: The Akonadi control process is not registered at D-Bus which 
typically means it was not started or encountered a fatal error during 
startup.

Test 8:  ERROR
--------

Akonadi server process not registered at D-Bus.
Details: The Akonadi server process is not registered at D-Bus which typically 
means it was not started or encountered a fatal error during startup.

Test 9:  SUCCESS
--------

Nepomuk search service registered at D-Bus.
Details: The Nepomuk search service is registered at D-Bus which typically 
indicates it is operational.

Test 10:  SUCCESS
--------

Nepomuk search service uses an appropriate backend. 
Details: The Nepomuk search service uses one of the recommended backends.

Test 11:  SKIP
--------

Protocol version check not possible.
Details: Without a connection to the server it is not possible to check if the 
protocol version meets the requirements.

Test 12:  SUCCESS
--------

Resource agents found.
Details: At least one resource agent has been found.

Directory listing of '/usr/share/akonadi/agents':
akonadinepomukfeederagent.desktop
akonotesresource.desktop
birthdaysresource.desktop
calendarsearchagent.desktop
contactsresource.desktop
davgroupwareresource.desktop
gcalresource.desktop
googledataresource.desktop
icalresource.desktop
imapresource.desktop
invitationsagent.desktop
kabcresource.desktop
kalarmdirresource.desktop
kalarmresource.desktop
kcalresource.desktop
kdeaccountsresource.desktop
knutresource.desktop
kolabproxyresource.desktop
localbookmarksresource.desktop
maildirresource.desktop
maildispatcheragent.desktop
mailfilteragent.desktop
mboxresource.desktop
microblog.desktop
mixedmaildirresource.desktop
mtdummyresource.desktop
nepomuktagresource.desktop
nntpresource.desktop
notesresource.desktop
openxchangeresource.desktop
pop3resource.desktop
vcarddirresource.desktop
vcardresource.desktop

Environment variable XDG_DATA_DIRS is set to '/usr/share/kde-
plasma:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/'

Test 13:  SUCCESS
--------

No current Akonadi server error log found.
Details: The Akonadi server did not report any errors during its current 
startup.

Test 14:  SUCCESS
--------

No previous Akonadi server error log found.
Details: The Akonadi server did not report any errors during its previous 
startup.

Test 15:  SUCCESS
--------

No current Akonadi control error log found.
Details: The Akonadi control process did not report any errors during its 
current startup.

Test 16:  SUCCESS
--------

No previous Akonadi control error log found.
Details: The Akonadi control process did not report any errors during its 
previous startup.

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