kontact ain't kontactin'

[tom_d]

Re: kontact ain't kontactin'

If it is an ownership issue somewhere within your ~ folder, you could consider navigating to /home (specifically) in Konqueror, clicking on your user folder, clicking Properties > Permissions and ensuring that Group is set to your user name, then checking Apply changes to all subfolders and their contents (keeping mind, these steps are from within Konqueror running KDE 4).

like this?
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[tom_d]

Re: kontact ain't kontactin'

as the backtrace notes many references to
/usr/lib/kde3/libakregator_mk4storage_plugin.so
I renamed it ~plugin.bak and ran it from KMenu

I get one error "KLibLoader could not load the plugin "libakregator_mk4storage_plugin.so" because it can't find it, then another "unable to load storage plugin "metakit" No feeds are archived"

and then the Kontact package opens
Akregator feed shows 24 posts (dating 25/08/04 - 3/11/06
PlanetUbuntu feed shows 40 dated 1/6/08 - 4/6/08
just to give two examples.
If I delete some and restart, the same thing happens when I restart Kontact, and the same feeds are there.

just in case that offers a clue to someone ...

[kle]

Re: kontact ain't kontactin'

May I ask why you attempted to launch kontact (a GUI application) from the command line? If it's properly installed, it is located in K Menu > Internet > Kontact (KDE 3.5.9)

I am NOT launching from the command line, but Kontact crashes from Kmenu.
Oddly, I can call kmail from command line. From within kmail, I can also access my address book. Even the spam assassin seems to be working.

[kle]

Re: kontact ain't kontactin'

May I ask why you attempted to launch kontact (a GUI application) from the command line? If it's properly installed, it is located in K Menu > Internet > Kontact (KDE 3.5.9)

I thought I replied to this yesterday, but somehow the reply got lost.
I for my part am not launching Kontact from the command line. However, I launch kmail from the command line, and it behaves impeccably.. From kmail I can launch the address book, which also behaves well. Ergo, the problem resides not in them but in some other module of Kontact.

I was interested in Groundhog's suggestion to check "group ownership" in Konquerer - but I do not run Heron 4, just heron 3.5, How to do this?

[Snowhog]

Re: kontact ain't kontactin'

I was interested in Groundhog's suggestion to check "group ownership" in Konquerer - but I do not run Heron 4, just heron 3.5, How to do this?

In Konqueror, ensure you are in your user directory. Click on View > Show Hidden Files and then right-click on the .kde folder and select Properties > Permissions. You should be listed for User and Group.

[tom_d]

Re: kontact ain't kontactin'

I was interested in Groundhog's suggestion to check "group ownership" in Konquerer - but I do not run Heron 4, just heron 3.5, How to do this?

In Konqueror, ensure you are in your user directory. Click on View > Show Hidden Files and then right-click on the .kde folder and select Properties > Permissions. You should be listed for User and Group.

I am

[kle]

Re: kontact ain't kontactin'

In Konqueror, ensure you are in your user directory. Click on View > Show Hidden Files and then right-click on the .kde folder and select Properties > Permissions. You should be listed for User and Group.

Thank you. Yes, I am, too.

[kle]

Re: kontact ain't kontactin' - SOLVED

Some time this this week it started working! Just like that. Some of the updates must have addressed the whateveritwas.