[kdepim-users] kmail stopped working totally

[Neal Becker]

Alan McKinnon wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:27:54 -0400
> Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> 
>> > On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:26:10 -0400
>> > Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> >> Neal Becker wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> > kdepim-4.7.0-1.fc15.x86_64
>> >> > 
>> >> > 
>> >> > Started with kmail won't send queued mail (again).  I had
>> >> > previously solved this using
>> >> > akonadictl restart
>> >> > 
>> >> > This time no good.
>> >> > 
>> >> > receive set to imap.  That stopped working also (I believe).
>> >> > After fiddling with akonadi console, I finally deleted the
>> >> > receiving account (from gmail). Then tried to add a new imap.
>> >> > Can't do it! I can add, but clicking on 'modify' to configure
>> >> > it, nothing happens, except this message:
>> >> > 
>> >> > Known subscriber "akonadi_imap_resource_2" subscribes again
>> >> > 
>> >> > So now can't send mail anymore.   Can't receive anymore.
>> >> > 
>> >> 
>> >> I see if I try to add a pop receive account, at least I get a
>> >> dialog to configure it.  Adding imap there is no dialog to
>> >> configure it and no way to configure it (modify does nothing - no
>> >> dialog is opened).
>> > 
>> > The description of your problem is some what general so it's hard to
>> > figure where to start, you are likely to get either a lot of
>> > possible things to check, or none at all.
>> > 
>> > One piece of advice I can offer is to create a new test user and
>> > configure this user to use the same mail settings you use now. When
>> > everything is done and working, compare both sets of *config files*
>> > looking for differences. Most people complaining of odd kmail2
>> > behaviour seem to have gone through several migrations and upgrades
>> > with the same config files, the chances you did too are good.
>> > 
>> > This isn't something you should do right away, it's a big gun
>> > approach, something useful to keep in mind as a last resort when
>> > you've truly done everything else you can think of and nothing was
>> > successful.
>> > 
>> > 
>> 
>> Only problem is, I don't know what files to compare.  And, are they
>> all text files, or is some of this in the form of sql database?
>> 
>> In ~/.config/akonadi I see suspicious stuff:
>>   -rw-rw-r--   1 nbecker nbecker      41 Sep  8 16:34
>> agent_config_akonadi_imap_resource_5
>> [Agent]
>> Name=IMAP Account 6
>> Online=false
>> 
>>   -rw-rw-r--   1 nbecker nbecker       8 Sep  8 16:33
>> agent_config_akonadi_imap_resource_5_changes.dat
> 
> They are regular KDE text config files in ~/.kde4/share/config
> 
> 

OK, I decided to re-create all my kde config.  I created a new user 'nbecker2', 
then after logging into kde, I copied over

.config/akonadi
.local/share/akonadi
.kde
(renaming existing dirs)

That _almost_ worked.  Problem is, many configs and symlinks had the name 
'nbecker2' in them - and some binary database files.

Try #2: rename /home/nbecker -> /home/nbecker.old
make a new user 'nbecker' forcing the same uid
Repeat above procedure, this time copying everything to nbecker.old
Finally, mv /home/nbecker.old -> /home/nbecker, then get rid of extra user 
account.

I think I'm back in business (not certain yet)

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