[kdepim-users] Akonadi woes

Sat Feb 13 17:32:29 GMT 2010

Hi all

> Most probably, you don't have your MySQL configuration file in place. Copy
> it from /usr/share/config/akonadi/mysql-global.conf into
> ~/.config/akonadi/mysql- local.conf. (For debian and openSuSE users the
> file ist located in /etc/akonadi/mysql-global.conf). Then open it and
> uncomment the line sql_mode=strict_trans_tables.

I just tried and it resulted in Kontact starting Akonadi and getting 
completely stuck. Neither Kontact nore the Akonadi error message window 
responded anymore. I had to kill the processes. I then removed all hidden 
akonadi directories I could find in my home directory and restarted.

> I then took the following steps in order to manually create the necessary 
> mysql tables:
> 
> + make sure no akonadi processes are running
> + Recursively remove $HOME/.local/share/akonadi including all
> subdirectories + start akonadi using akonadictl start
>   This way, the directory above and all mysql tables are generated from
>   scratch.
> + mysql_install_db --datadir=$HOME/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/
>   Ignore potential error messages...
> + mysql_upgrade --socket=$HOME/.local/share/akonadi/db_misc/mysql.socket
> + stop akonadi and start it once again. After that, the error message
>   concerning the missing table shouldn't appear any longer.

I just tried this too but still no success. The error report just looks 
different this time (please see attachment). There are now much more error 
messages in Test 4. Do the error messages make sense to anybody? What do I 
need to do now to fix the issue?

Thanks

Ronny

PS: I can hardly express how bad this feels. Every release of KDE 4 I hope 
that it finally gets somewhat usable and everytime it is such a horrible mess. 
Instead of reading my mails I am now fighting with obscure SQL databases. 
WTF!?
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Akonadi Server Self-Test Report
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Test 1:  SUCCESS
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Database driver found.
Details: The QtSQL driver 'QMYSQL' is required by your current Akonadi server configuration and was found on your system.

File content of '/home/ronny/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc':
[%General]
Driver=QMYSQL
SizeThreshold=4096
ExternalPayload=false

[QMYSQL]
Name=akonadi
Host=
User=
Password=
Options="UNIX_SOCKET=/home/ronny/.local/share/akonadi/db_misc/mysql.socket"
ServerPath=/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi
StartServer=true

[Debug]
Tracer=null

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

MySQL server found.
Details: You currently have configured Akonadi to use the MySQL server '/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi'.
Make sure you have the MySQL server installed, set the correct path and ensure you have the necessary read and execution rights on the server executable. The server executable is typically called 'mysqld', its locations varies depending on the distribution.

Test 3:  SUCCESS
--------

MySQL server is executable.
Details: MySQL server found: /usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi  Ver 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 for debian-linux-gnu on i486 ((Ubuntu))

Test 4:  ERROR
--------

MySQL server log contains errors.
Details: The MySQL server error log file '<a href='/home/ronny/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/mysql.err'>/home/ronny/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/mysql.err</a>' contains errors.

File content of '/home/ronny/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/mysql.err':
100213 18:12:12 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
InnoDB: The first specified data file ./ibdata1 did not exist:
InnoDB: a new database to be created!
100213 18:12:12  InnoDB: Setting file ./ibdata1 size to 10 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
100213 18:12:12  InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile0 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile0 size to 64 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
100213 18:12:13  InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile1 did not exist: new to be created
InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile1 size to 64 MB
InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...
InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer not found: creating new
InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer created
InnoDB: Creating foreign key constraint system tables
InnoDB: Foreign key constraint system tables created
100213 18:12:15  InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 0
100213 18:12:15 [Warning] Can't open and lock time zone table: Table 'mysql.time_zone_leap_second' doesn't exist trying to live without them
100213 18:12:15 [ERROR] Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.servers' doesn't exist
100213 18:12:15 [ERROR] Cannot open mysql.db
100213 18:12:15 [ERROR] Cannot open mysql.user
100213 18:12:15 [ERROR] Cannot open mysql.event
100213 18:12:15 [ERROR] Event Scheduler: An error occurred when initializing system tables.
100213 18:12:15 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi: ready for connections.
Version: '5.1.37-1ubuntu5-log'  socket: '/home/ronny/.local/share/akonadi/db_misc/mysql.socket'  port: 0  (Ubuntu)
100213 18:16:29 [Warning] Statement may not be safe to log in statement format. Statement: ALTER TABLE general_log MODIFY COLUMN server_id INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL
100213 18:16:29 [Warning] Statement may not be safe to log in statement format. Statement: ALTER TABLE slow_log MODIFY COLUMN server_id INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL
100213 18:16:48 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi: Normal shutdown

100213 18:16:48  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
100213 18:16:49  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 121621
100213 18:16:49 [Warning] Forcing shutdown of 1 plugins
100213 18:16:49 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi: Shutdown complete

Test 5:  SUCCESS
--------

MySQL server default configuration found.
Details: The default configuration for the MySQL server was found and is readable at <a href='/etc/akonadi/mysql-global.conf'>/etc/akonadi/mysql-global.conf</a>.

File content of '/etc/akonadi/mysql-global.conf':
#
# Global Akonadi MySQL server settings,
# These settings can be adjusted using $HOME/.config/akonadi/mysql-local.conf
#
# Based on advice by Kris KÃ¶hntopp <kris at mysql.com>
#
[mysqld]
skip_grant_tables
skip_networking

# strict query parsing/interpretation
# TODO: make Akonadi work with those settings enabled
#sql_mode=strict_trans_tables,strict_all_tables,strict_error_for_division_by_zero,no_auto_create_user,no_auto_value_on_zero,no_engine_substitution,no_zero_date,no_zero_in_date,only_full_group_by,pipes_as_concat
#sql_mode=strict_trans_tables

# use InnoDB for transactions and better crash recovery
default_storage_engine=innodb
# case-insensitive table names, avoids trouble on windows
lower_case_table_names=1
character_set_server=latin1
collation_server=latin1_general_ci
table_cache=200
thread_cache_size=3
log_bin=mysql-bin
expire_logs_days=3
#sync_bin_log=0
# error log file name, relative to datadir
log_error=mysql.err
log_warnings=2
# log all queries, useful for debugging but generates an enormous amount of data
#log=mysql.full
# log queries slower than n seconds, log file name relative to datadir (for debugging only)
#log_slow_queries=mysql.slow
#long_query_time=1
# log queries not using indices, debug only, disable for production use
#log_queries_not_using_indexes=1
# maximum blob size
max_allowed_packet=32M
max_connections=256
# makes sense when having the same query multiple times
# makes no sense with prepared statements and/or transactions
query_cache_type=0
query_cache_size=0

innodb_file_per_table=1
innodb_log_buffer_size=1M
innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=1M
# messure database size and adjust
# SELECT sum(data_length) as bla, sum(index_length) as blub FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema not in ("mysql", "information_schema");
innodb_buffer_pool_size=80M
# size of average write burst, keep Innob_log_waits small, keep Innodb_buffer_pool_wait_free small (see show global status like "inno%", show global variables)
innodb_log_file_size=64M
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=2

Test 6:  SKIP
--------

MySQL server custom configuration not available.
Details: The custom configuration for the MySQL server was not found but is optional.

Test 7:  SUCCESS
--------

MySQL server configuration is usable.
Details: The MySQL server configuration was found at <a href='/home/ronny/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf'>/home/ronny/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf</a> and is readable.

File content of '/home/ronny/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf':
#
# Global Akonadi MySQL server settings,
# These settings can be adjusted using $HOME/.config/akonadi/mysql-local.conf
#
# Based on advice by Kris KÃ¶hntopp <kris at mysql.com>
#
[mysqld]
skip_grant_tables
skip_networking

# strict query parsing/interpretation
# TODO: make Akonadi work with those settings enabled
#sql_mode=strict_trans_tables,strict_all_tables,strict_error_for_division_by_zero,no_auto_create_user,no_auto_value_on_zero,no_engine_substitution,no_zero_date,no_zero_in_date,only_full_group_by,pipes_as_concat
#sql_mode=strict_trans_tables

# use InnoDB for transactions and better crash recovery
default_storage_engine=innodb
# case-insensitive table names, avoids trouble on windows
lower_case_table_names=1
character_set_server=latin1
collation_server=latin1_general_ci
table_cache=200
thread_cache_size=3
log_bin=mysql-bin
expire_logs_days=3
#sync_bin_log=0
# error log file name, relative to datadir
log_error=mysql.err
log_warnings=2
# log all queries, useful for debugging but generates an enormous amount of data
#log=mysql.full
# log queries slower than n seconds, log file name relative to datadir (for debugging only)
#log_slow_queries=mysql.slow
#long_query_time=1
# log queries not using indices, debug only, disable for production use
#log_queries_not_using_indexes=1
# maximum blob size
max_allowed_packet=32M
max_connections=256
# makes sense when having the same query multiple times
# makes no sense with prepared statements and/or transactions
query_cache_type=0
query_cache_size=0

innodb_file_per_table=1
innodb_log_buffer_size=1M
innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=1M
# messure database size and adjust
# SELECT sum(data_length) as bla, sum(index_length) as blub FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema not in ("mysql", "information_schema");
innodb_buffer_pool_size=80M
# size of average write burst, keep Innob_log_waits small, keep Innodb_buffer_pool_wait_free small (see show global status like "inno%", show global variables)
innodb_log_file_size=64M
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=2

Test 8:  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 1.3.1

Test 9:  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 10:  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 11:  ERROR
--------

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

Test 12:  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 13:  ERROR
--------

No resource agents found.
Details: No resource agents have been found, Akonadi is not usable without at least one. This usually means that no resource agents are installed or that there is a setup problem. The following paths have been searched: '/usr/share/akonadi/agents /usr/share/akonadi/agents'. The XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable is set to '/usr/share:/usr/share:/usr/local/share', make sure this includes all paths where Akonadi agents are installed to.

Directory listing of '/usr/share/akonadi/agents':
birthdaysresource.desktop
contactsresource.desktop
icalresource.desktop
imapresource.desktop
kabcresource.desktop
kcalresource.desktop
knutresource.desktop
kolabproxyresource.desktop
localbookmarksresource.desktop
maildirresource.desktop
maildispatcheragent.desktop
mboxresource.desktop
microblog.desktop
mtdummyresource.desktop
nepomukcalendarfeeder.desktop
nepomukcontactfeeder.desktop
nepomuktagresource.desktop
nntpresource.desktop
notesresource.desktop
pop3resource.desktop
vcarddirresource.desktop
vcardresource.desktop
Directory listing of '/usr/share/akonadi/agents':
birthdaysresource.desktop
contactsresource.desktop
icalresource.desktop
imapresource.desktop
kabcresource.desktop
kcalresource.desktop
knutresource.desktop
kolabproxyresource.desktop
localbookmarksresource.desktop
maildirresource.desktop
maildispatcheragent.desktop
mboxresource.desktop
microblog.desktop
mtdummyresource.desktop
nepomukcalendarfeeder.desktop
nepomukcontactfeeder.desktop
nepomuktagresource.desktop
nntpresource.desktop
notesresource.desktop
pop3resource.desktop
vcarddirresource.desktop
vcardresource.desktop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Test 17:  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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