Bug#604805: kmail: unusable with $HOME on OpenAFS due to Akonadi not starting
Package: kmail
Version: 4:4.4.7-2
Severity: important
KMail is unusable with $HOME on OpenAFS: it starts and is usable, but
after a few moments an error message stating that akonadi could not be
started shows up. KMail then exits:
kmail(4842)/libakonadi Akonadi::Control::Private::exec: Could not start/stop Akonadi!
kmail(4842) main: Unable to start Akonadi server, exit application
The problem with starting Akonadi is that it tries to create a UNIX
socket in $HOME/.local/share/akonadi/db_misc/mysql.socket. This is not
possible with OpenAFS. See also the attached report.
I see two possible solutions for this problem:
a) Akonadi should create the socket elsewhere. Other parts of KDE seem
to use /tmp/ksocket-$USER here (or $HOME/.kde/socket-$HOSTNAME which is
a symlink to the directory in /tmp).
b) KMail should not exit when it cannot start Akonadi. It still seems
to be usable.
It would be nice if this could be fixed for Squeeze as KMail is right
now unusable :-(
Regards,
Ansgar
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages kmail depends on:
ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.4.5-1 runtime components from the offici
ii kdepim-runtime 4:4.4.7-1 Runtime components for akonadi-kde
ii kdepimlibs-kio-plug 4:4.4.5-1 kio slaves used by KDE PIM applica
ii libakonadi-contact4 4:4.4.5-1 library for using the Akonadi PIM
ii libakonadi-kde4 4:4.4.5-1 library for using the Akonadi PIM
ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-6 GCC support library
ii libgpgme++2 4:4.4.5-1 c++ wrapper library for gpgme
ii libkabc4 4:4.4.5-1 library for handling address book
ii libkcal4 4:4.4.5-1 library for handling calendar data
ii libkde3support4 4:4.4.5-1 the KDE 3 Support Library for the
ii libkdecore5 4:4.4.5-1 the KDE Platform Core Library
ii libkdepim4 4:4.4.7-2 KDE PIM library
ii libkdeui5 4:4.4.5-1 the KDE Platform User Interface Li
ii libkhtml5 4:4.4.5-1 the KHTML Web Content Rendering En
ii libkimap4 4:4.4.5-1 library for handling IMAP data
ii libkio5 4:4.4.5-1 the Network-enabled File Managemen
ii libkldap4 4:4.4.5-1 library for accessing LDAP
ii libkleo4 4:4.4.7-2 certificate based crypto library
ii libkmime4 4:4.4.5-1 library for handling MIME data
ii libknotifyconfig4 4:4.4.5-1 library for configuring KDE Notifi
ii libkontactinterface 4:4.4.5-1 Kontact interface library
ii libkparts4 4:4.4.5-1 the Framework for the KDE Platform
ii libkpgp4 4:4.4.7-2 gpg based crypto library
ii libkpimidentities4 4:4.4.5-1 library for managing user identiti
ii libkpimtextedit4 4:4.4.5-1 library that provides a textedit w
ii libkpimutils4 4:4.4.5-1 library for dealing with email add
ii libkresources4 4:4.4.5-1 the KDE Resource framework library
ii libksieve4 4:4.4.7-2 mail/news message filtering librar
ii libktnef4 4:4.4.5-1 library for handling TNEF data
ii libkutils4 4:4.4.5-1 various utility classes for the KD
ii libmailtransport4 4:4.4.5-1 mail transport service library
ii libmessagecore4 4:4.4.7-2 message core library
ii libmessagelist4 4:4.4.7-2 message list library
ii libmimelib4 4:4.4.7-2 MIME library
ii libnepomuk4 4:4.4.5-1 the Nepomuk Meta Data Library
ii libphonon4 4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1 the core library of the Phonon mul
ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.6.3-4 Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii libqt4-network 4:4.6.3-4 Qt 4 network module
ii libqt4-qt3support 4:4.6.3-4 Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt
ii libqt4-xml 4:4.6.3-4 Qt 4 XML module
ii libqtcore4 4:4.6.3-4 Qt 4 core module
ii libqtgui4 4:4.6.3-4 Qt 4 GUI module
ii libstdc++6 4.4.5-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libthreadweaver4 4:4.4.5-1 the ThreadWeaver Library for the K
ii perl 5.10.1-16 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii phonon 4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1 metapackage for the Phonon multime
Versions of packages kmail recommends:
ii gnupg-agent 2.0.14-2 GNU privacy guard - password agent
pn gnupg2 <none> (no description available)
ii pinentry-qt [pinentry-x11] 0.8.0-1 Qt-3-based PIN or pass-phrase entr
Versions of packages kmail suggests:
pn clamav | f-prot-installer <none> (no description available)
ii kaddressbook 4:4.4.7-2 address book and contact data mana
pn kleopatra <none> (no description available)
pn procmail <none> (no description available)
pn spamassassin | bogofilter | a <none> (no description available)
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