From: John K. Herreshoff on
John K. Herreshoff wrote:

> What's the trick to getting it to run? Mysql does not want to run
> either... Akonadi won't run without mysql up and running.
>
> John.
>

It's going now. Tried first akonadi 1.3.1.80, which ran in a clean home
directory.

Finally read on the net, and wiped ~/.config/akonadi, and it now runs.

John.

--
Using the White Box.
From: Res on
On Fri, 28 May 2010 13:55:02 -0400, John K. Herreshoff wrote:

> Chick Tower wrote:
>
>> On 2010-05-28, John K. Herreshoff <nope(a)not.here> wrote:
>>> John K. Herreshoff wrote:
>>>
>>>> What's the trick to getting it to run? Mysql does not want to run
>>>> either... Akonadi won't run without mysql up and running.
>>>
>>> Got it. mysql_install_db, then do a chown at /var/lib/mysql to
>>> mysql.mysql.
>>>
>>>
>>> Still no Akonadi.
>>
>> We should all be so lucky.
>
> Yeah, I guess. I'm running 13.1 on this one box, and the other two are
> still on 12.2, mainly because of KDE-4.x and it's continuing birthing
> problems.
>
> I did get akonadi to start by wiping everything kde in my home
> directory, so there is something that it does not like from KDE-4.3.4,
> which I built and installed after removing KDE-4.3.2.
>
> Wiping my home just to get something to run is not worth it in my book.
>
> One upgrades to get new or better functionality, not new bells and
> whistles. I cannot understand why I want to upgrade the other slack
> boxes that I have here. I want KDE 3.5.x, or maybe KDE 5.x.x, but not
> 4.x.x, based on my experiences with 4.x.x.
>
> I'll goof with slack 13.1 on this box until I need it for something, or
> I grow weary of the pain.
>
> John.

you didn't strace it ?