Simon consists of client and server components.
Starting and configuring the client seems to work, but the server component can't be started.
Without a working server component the hole simon package can't be used.
Starting simond on the CLI produces the following output:
ugoos@ugoos:~$ simond
QSqlDatabase: QSQLITE driver not loaded
QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QMYSQL3 QMYSQL
This was tested on RK3288 based Ugoos UT3 device with kernel 3.10 running xubuntu.
strace output:
ugoos@ugoos:~$ strace -e open simond
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libkdecore.so.5", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libQtNetwork.so.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimonrecognizer.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libQtCore.so.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libQtXml.so.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimonscenarios.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimonmodelcompilation.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimonddatabaseaccess.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimonrecognitionresult.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimonwav.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimoncontextadapter.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimonutils.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libQtDBus.so.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libbz2.so.1.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/liblzma.so.5", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libdlrestrictions.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libpocketsphinx.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsphinxbase.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libglib-2.0.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libkio.so.5", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimoninfo.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libknewstuff3.so.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimonscenariobase.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimoncontextdetection.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimongraphemetophoneme.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libQtGui.so.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsimonlogging.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libQtSql.so.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdbus-1.so.3", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpcre.so.3", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libQtSvg.so.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libX11.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libstreamanalyzer.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libsolid.so.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libacl.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libattr.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXrender.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libattica.so.0.4", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libSM.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libICE.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdbusmenu-qt.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXfixes.so.3", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/mesa-egl/libEGL.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libfontconfig.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libaudio.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpng12.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libfreetype.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgobject-2.0.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXi.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXext.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libxcb.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/libstreams.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libxml2.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libudev.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libuuid.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libX11-xcb.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libxcb-dri2.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libxcb-xfixes.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libwayland-client.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libwayland-server.so.0", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgbm.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libexpat.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdrm.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXt.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXau.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libffi.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libXdmcp.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libicuuc.so.52", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libicudata.so.52", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/gconv/UTF-16.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libicui18n.so.52", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/home/ugoos/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/home/ugoos/.kde/share/config/simondrc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
open("/home/ugoos//en_US/LC_MESSAGES/kdelibs4.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/home/ugoos//en/LC_MESSAGES/kdelibs4.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/kdelibs4.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/kdelibs4.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/home/ugoos/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/usr/share/locale/l10n/us/entry.desktop", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/home/ugoos/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/usr/share/locale/currency/usd.desktop", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/home/ugoos/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/usr/share/locale/currency/usd.desktop", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/home/ugoos/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/entry.desktop", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/home/ugoos/.config/Trolltech.conf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/etc/xdg/Trolltech.conf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
QSqlDatabase: QSQLITE driver not loaded
QSqlDatabase: available drivers: QMYSQL3 QMYSQL
open("/home/ugoos/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/home/ugoos/.kde/share/config/simondrc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/usr/share/kde4/config/kdebug.areas", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/usr/share/kde4/config/kdebugrc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/home/ugoos/.kde/share/config/kdebugrc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
open("/sys/devices/system/cpu/online", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 6
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: simon 0.4.1-0ubuntu4
Uname: Linux 3.10.0 armv7l
NonfreeKernelModules: mali_kbase
ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu1
Architecture: armhf
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Apr 3 08:12:59 2015
SourcePackage: simon
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-02 (0 days ago)
Please add libqt4-sql-sqlite to the dependencies which need to be installed.
After installing this package simon and simond can be started.