[Bug 591870] [NEW] omw kontact/akonadi/kde resource is broken

[Matthew Carpenter]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kdepim

I have been trying to figure out how to make everything work right.
Akonadi has broken my contacts, email, and even my desktop experience
(making everything run excruciatingly slow).

This last go round I attempted to remove all address books from Kontact,
rm -rf ~/.config/akonadi ~/.local/share/akonadi and start over.  What
ensued was a nightmare, with "resource" being the only thing I can use
in sending emails instead of any added resources (Akonadi or otherwise).
When I attempt to add an addressbook through Kontact I get a timeout on
the backend.  Addressbooks I add in Akonadi configuration I see in
Kontact's address-book but not in Kmail.

Finally I ran across the documentation suggesting I make the change in KDE's System Settings -> KDE Resources area.  
Why so many places to make changes?  What's up with Kontact's Add Addressbook?  I've been very frustrated and considered dumping Kontact for Evolution (which is nearly against my religion).  I realize you mentioned the growing pains, but can we get this one knocked out?  Kontact and KDE Resources need to play nice.  Akonadi stuff should not show up in Kontact without being accessible in *all* of Kontact.

I really do appreciate all the work that the Kubuntu and KDE folks are
doing, but I needed to share my angst.  Sorry.  Hopefully it can help
make a better product. :)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: kontact 4:4.4.2-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun  9 13:37:23 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdepim

** Affects: kdepim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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omw kontact/akonadi/kde resource is broken
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