Akonadi crashing on -current

litelinux · 04-02-2023, 11:52 PM

Hello,

I tried to run KMail today, and it doesn't run, stating that the Akonadi server is not running. Manually starting Akonadi with

Code:

akonadictl start

yields the following output:

Code:

org.kde.pim.akonadictl: Starting Akonadi Server...
org.kde.pim.akonadictl:    done.
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
~ $ org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Starting up the Akonadi Server...
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: database server stopped unexpectedly
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: executable: "/usr/libexec/mysqld"
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/ltlnx/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/ltlnx/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/run/user/1000/akonadi/mysql.socket", "--pid-file=/run/user/1000/akonadi/mysql.pid")
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: stdout: ""
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: stderr: ""
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: exit code: 1
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: process error: "Unknown error"
org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Shutting down AkonadiServer...
org.kde.pim.akonadicontrol: Application '/usr/bin/akonadiserver' exited normally...

I tried starting /etc/rc.mysqld manually, and it started successfully, but Akonadi still throws the same error. Has anyone encountered this problem? TIA.

Cheers,
ltlnx

JZL240I-U · 04-03-2023, 08:12 AM

Yes, I did, some time ago, no true solution:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ir-4175694653/

giomat · 04-03-2023, 12:58 PM

you can try enabling the sql server connection on kde startup and see if it behaves better this way.
Edit the file "$HOME/.config/akonadi/akondiserverrc" and put/modify the line in the end like this:

Code:

StartServer=true

I keep it set to false so the server doesn't start, since i do not use kde PIM applications, but i remember when i installed slackware last time that it was starting fine and i had functional pim applications (functional in the sense that they were starting fine and not complaining about akonadi not running etc.). This was some months ago though, don't know if something else broke in the meantime.

litelinux · 04-05-2023, 02:37 AM

@giomat: I just checked the file and StartServer is set to true. It also worked for me a few weeks ago; wonder if an akonadi downgrade would help.

Edit: No it didn't, but more searching indicates that downgrading mariadb might help (and mariadb was last updated on March 9, which matches my monthly upgrade schedule)

litelinux · 04-05-2023, 04:52 AM

I downgraded mariadb with mariadb-10.6.12-x86_64-2.txz (from the trusty slackware.uk/cumulative/ archive), and akonadi worked. Maybe there's some regressions with akonadi?

BTW I don't know if I should mark this as solved.

-- ltlnx

ctrlaltca · 04-05-2023, 05:51 AM

Can you check the contents of cat /home/<your username>/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/mysql.err ?
It could contain the exact error that is preventing mysql from starting.
If that is the case, you can try to start with a clean config:

Code:

akonadictl stop
mv ~/.local/share/akonadi ~/.local/share/akonadi-old
mv ~/.config/akonadi ~/.config/akonadi-old
akonadictl start