KMail / Akonadi mess

John Aldrich jmaldrich at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 25 14:24:27 UTC 2010


Quoting Andre Goree <andre at drenet.homelinux.net>:
>
> I had to deal with this with Mandriva when I first moved to KDE4.4.  This
> usually means Akonadi can't find the mysql server.  I ended up creating a
> database for it on a remote mysql server, but you can also do this locally.
>
> I believe mysql should've been installed as a dependency of Akonadi.  You can
> try starting mysql (at the command line 'service mysql start') and then
> attempt running Akonadi again.
>
> Also, Akonadi SHOULD give you a readout of why it cannot start if you go to
> System Settings>Advanced>Akonadi Configuration>Akonadi Server Config tab, and
> select either "Test" or "Start"
>
> On a side note, I expected to have to deal with this myself, as I knew that
> with 4.4, kmail has an attachment with Akonadi.  But, mysteriously,   
> I have NOT
> had to deal with this...not really sure why.  --**EDIT**-- Actually I've just
> discovered that Akonadi is in fact running on my system.  I did NOT configure
> it, and it is mysql is running locally, so apparently this was all done
> automatically.
>
> I'd suggest you install mysql if it is not already, then try to start Akonadi
> again.
>
[john at slave1 akonadi]$ sudo service mysql start
[sudo] password for john:
mysql: unrecognized service

I have also verified that, in fact, mysql *is* started.


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