[kdepim-users] Re: Urgently help needed to get back "Kontact".

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 30 March 2011 16:49:44 Bas Roufs wrote:
> Hello everybody
> 
> Today, the KDE workspace crashed several times when starting up. That's why
> I I renamed /.kde to "kde-old" with a view to replacing the workspace. By
> doing so, I did manage to get back a functional workspace. However, one
> major problem remains: the total KDE "Kontact" P.I.M. simply does not
> function any more. When clicking at the "Kontact" icon at the panel or via
> "K-menu", the package stops functioning even before it starts. When
> clicking at it second time, I get a feedback that Kontact is already
> running, although nothing from the PIM is functional at this moment.

So the first thing is to try to find out what is actually running.  Call up 
the System Monitor (Ctrl-Esc), and type 'kontact' into the filter field at the 
top.  You should find one or more files there, in this situation, and hovering 
over each one will confirm if they are connected with kontact.  If they are, 
kill them.

> I have tried to fix the problem by "reinstalling" Kontact. As a matter of
> result, I lost all my calandar data, for which I did not yet find a method
> to safely and effectively backup and sync it. 

Are you saying that you have no backup whatsoever of your calendar?  If so, 
and if you have overwritten it when you re-installed, you cannot get it back.  
Take a look at ~/.kde/share/apps/korganizer and see what date is on the 
std.vcf - if it's before you re-installed, it's recoverable.

> My contacts I have backuped:
> locally at my laptop and phone, online via the contact section of GMAIL.
> 
First, learn where things are stored.  Start by reading 
http://userbase.kde.org/Akonadi_and_AddressBook 

> However it may be, I really urgently need your help to get Kontact
> functional again as well as to backup plus sync the calendar.
> 
Once you have Kontact running again we'll see how much can be done to recover 
your data.

Anne
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