[precise]: how to get kontact working?

Mon May 28 15:32:26 UTC 2012

On Monday, May 21, 2012 8:27:04 am D. R. Evans wrote:
> kontact worked OK in oneiric.
> 
> Following an "upgrade" to precise, what happens is that on the GUI
> interface I get a message:
> 
> Personal Information Management system is starting
> 
> and after about 30 seconds this changes to:
> 
> The Akonadi personal information management service is not operational
> 
> While this is happening, on the console I get this mess:
> > [HN:~] kontact
> > QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before
> > QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. QDBusConnection: session
> > D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may
> > misbehave. kontact(2598)/libakonadi
> > Akonadi::AgentManagerPrivate::createDBusInterface: AgentManager failed
> > to get a valid AgentManager DBus interface. Error is: 1
> > "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner" "Could not get owner of name
> > 'org.freedesktop.Akonadi.Control': no such name" Connecting to
> > deprecated signal
> > QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
> > kontact(2598)/libakonadi Akonadi::SessionPrivate::socketError: Socket
> > error occurred: "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Invalid name"
> > kontact(2598)/libakonadi Akonadi::SessionPrivate::socketError: Socket
> > error occurred: "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Invalid name" search
> > paths:  (".", "/home/n7dr/bin", "/home/n7dr/bin", "/usr/local/sbin",
> > "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin",
> > "/usr/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/libexec",
> > "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec", "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin",
> > "/opt/mysql/sbin") Found mysql_install_db:  "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
> > Found mysqlcheck:  "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
> > kontact(2598)/kdeui (KAction) KActionCollection::setComponentData: this
> > does not work on a KActionCollection containing actions! [HN:~] Database
> > process exited unexpectedly during initial connection! executable:
> > "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi"
> > arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf",
> > "--datadir=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/",
> > "--socket=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/socket-homebrew/mysql.socket")
> > stdout: ""
> > stderr: "120521  9:17:43 [ERROR] Can't find messagefile
> > '/usr/share/mysql/errmsg.sys' "
> > exit code: 1
> > process error: "Process operation timed out"
> > "[
> > 0: akonadiserver() [0x419875]
> > 1: akonadiserver() [0x419b3c]
> > 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x364c0) [0x7f2eefc8a4c0]
> > 3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x35) [0x7f2eefc8a445]
> > 4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x17b) [0x7f2eefc8dbab]
> > 5:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgType
> > PKc+0x11b) [0x7f2ef175650b] 6: akonadiserver() [0x41bc82]
> > 7:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0xaf)
> > [0x7f2ef17f2caf] 8: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x119272)
> > [0x7f2ef17fe272] 9:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD1Ev+0x39)
> > [0x7f2ef1807109] 10: akonadiserver() [0x412e96]
> > 11: akonadiserver() [0x4a0d33]
> > 12: akonadiserver() [0x41ca21]
> > 13: akonadiserver() [0x41e1e5]
> > 14: akonadiserver() [0x41f8e7]
> > 15: akonadiserver() [0x4123f2]
> > 16: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed)
> > [0x7f2eefc7576d] 17: akonadiserver() [0x412d21]
> > ]
> > "
> > ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255
> > (Unknown error) search paths:  (".", "/home/n7dr/bin", "/home/n7dr/bin",
> > "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin",
> > "/bin", "/usr/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin",
> > "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec",
> > "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin") Found mysql_install_db: 
> > "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
> > Found mysqlcheck:  "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
> > Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
> > executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi"
> > arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf",
> > "--datadir=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/",
> > "--socket=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/socket-homebrew/mysql.socket")
> > stdout: ""
> > stderr: "120521  9:17:46 [ERROR] Can't find messagefile
> > '/usr/share/mysql/errmsg.sys' "
> > exit code: 1
> > process error: "Process operation timed out"
> > "[
> > 0: akonadiserver() [0x419875]
> > 1: akonadiserver() [0x419b3c]
> > 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x364c0) [0x7f47c62ae4c0]
> > 3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x35) [0x7f47c62ae445]
> > 4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x17b) [0x7f47c62b1bab]
> > 5:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgType
> > PKc+0x11b) [0x7f47c7d7a50b] 6: akonadiserver() [0x41bc82]
> > 7:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0xaf)
> > [0x7f47c7e16caf] 8: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x119272)
> > [0x7f47c7e22272] 9:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD1Ev+0x39)
> > [0x7f47c7e2b109] 10: akonadiserver() [0x412e96]
> > 11: akonadiserver() [0x4a0d33]
> > 12: akonadiserver() [0x41ca21]
> > 13: akonadiserver() [0x41e1e5]
> > 14: akonadiserver() [0x41f8e7]
> > 15: akonadiserver() [0x4123f2]
> > 16: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed)
> > [0x7f47c629976d] 17: akonadiserver() [0x412d21]
> > ]
> > "
> > ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255
> > (Unknown error) search paths:  (".", "/home/n7dr/bin", "/home/n7dr/bin",
> > "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin",
> > "/bin", "/usr/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin",
> > "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec",
> > "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin") Found mysql_install_db: 
> > "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
> > Found mysqlcheck:  "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
> > Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
> > executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi"
> > arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf",
> > "--datadir=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/",
> > "--socket=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/socket-homebrew/mysql.socket")
> > stdout: ""
> > stderr: "120521  9:17:48 [ERROR] Can't find messagefile
> > '/usr/share/mysql/errmsg.sys' "
> > exit code: 1
> > process error: "Process operation timed out"
> > "[
> > 0: akonadiserver() [0x419875]
> > 1: akonadiserver() [0x419b3c]
> > 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x364c0) [0x7f560db824c0]
> > 3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x35) [0x7f560db82445]
> > 4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x17b) [0x7f560db85bab]
> > 5:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgType
> > PKc+0x11b) [0x7f560f64e50b] 6: akonadiserver() [0x41bc82]
> > 7:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0xaf)
> > [0x7f560f6eacaf] 8: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x119272)
> > [0x7f560f6f6272] 9:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD1Ev+0x39)
> > [0x7f560f6ff109] 10: akonadiserver() [0x412e96]
> > 11: akonadiserver() [0x4a0d33]
> > 12: akonadiserver() [0x41ca21]
> > 13: akonadiserver() [0x41e1e5]
> > 14: akonadiserver() [0x41f8e7]
> > 15: akonadiserver() [0x4123f2]
> > 16: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed)
> > [0x7f560db6d76d] 17: akonadiserver() [0x412d21]
> > ]
> > "
> > ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255
> > (Unknown error) search paths:  (".", "/home/n7dr/bin", "/home/n7dr/bin",
> > "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin",
> > "/bin", "/usr/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin",
> > "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec",
> > "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin") Found mysql_install_db: 
> > "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
> > Found mysqlcheck:  "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
> > Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
> > executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi"
> > arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf",
> > "--datadir=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/",
> > "--socket=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/socket-homebrew/mysql.socket")
> > stdout: ""
> > stderr: "120521  9:17:49 [ERROR] Can't find messagefile
> > '/usr/share/mysql/errmsg.sys' "
> > exit code: 1
> > process error: "Process operation timed out"
> > "[
> > 0: akonadiserver() [0x419875]
> > 1: akonadiserver() [0x419b3c]
> > 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x364c0) [0x7f22149514c0]
> > 3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x35) [0x7f2214951445]
> > 4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x17b) [0x7f2214954bab]
> > 5:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgType
> > PKc+0x11b) [0x7f221641d50b] 6: akonadiserver() [0x41bc82]
> > 7:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0xaf)
> > [0x7f22164b9caf] 8: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x119272)
> > [0x7f22164c5272] 9:
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD1Ev+0x39)
> > [0x7f22164ce109] 10: akonadiserver() [0x412e96]
> > 11: akonadiserver() [0x4a0d33]
> > 12: akonadiserver() [0x41ca21]
> > 13: akonadiserver() [0x41e1e5]
> > 14: akonadiserver() [0x41f8e7]
> > 15: akonadiserver() [0x4123f2]
> > 16: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed)
> > [0x7f221493c76d] 17: akonadiserver() [0x412d21]
> > ]
> > "
> > ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255
> > (Unknown error) "akonadiserver" crashed too often and will not be
> > restarted!
> 
> Refraining with some difficulty from a rant, I simply ask...
> 
> How do I get kontact to work in precise?

I think it is related; most of my error messages are the same for kmail.   It 
seems akonadi is nowhere near ready for use.  The bad part is like you I have 
all my contacts and everything I use and depend on everyday tied up and 
unuseable in 12.04.  I still have this old 10.04 distro on and older laptop so 
I can still use kmail, but don't have my later messages available anymore.     
I have not found any fixes for it so far as nothing has worked.  

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