akonadi_control: "Unable to register service"

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

After upgrading to Kubuntu Jaunty 64 bits I can't get Akonadi client working so Kontact applications don't show Akonadi resources. However, akonadi-server works.

Versions:
- Kubuntu Jaunty 64 bits
- KDE: 4.2.95 (KDE 4.2.95 (KDE 4.3 RC1))
- Kontact: 4.3.0 rc1
- akonadi-server 1.1.95-0ubuntu1~jaunty1~ppa1

I can start akonadi-server (akonadictl start) but get an error when running akonadi_control:

$ akonadi_control
Unable to register service: ""
"[
0: akonadi_control(_Z11akBacktracev+0x39) [0x414709]
1: akonadi_control [0x414c6a]
2: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x7f4e22a2a040]
3: /lib/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x35) [0x7f4e22a29fb5]
4: /lib/libc.so.6(abort+0x183) [0x7f4e22a2bbc3]
5: /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgTypePKc+0x85) [0x7f4e23e57885]
6: akonadi_control(_ZN15FileDebugStream9writeDataEPKcx+0xa8) [0x415998]
7: /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0x81) [0x7f4e23ee3f41]
8: /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 [0x7f4e23ef02cc]
9: /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD1Ev+0x68) [0x7f4e23ef0578]
10: akonadi_control(main+0x1f5) [0x425855]
11: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x7f4e22a155a6]
12: akonadi_control [0x40fff9]
]
"

I cannot see akonadi resources or akonadi configuration in System Preferences anymore. Also, Kontacts applications don't display Akonadi resources.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/kdeinit4
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: kdelibs-bin 4:4.2.95-0ubuntu1~jaunty1~ppa1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=es_ES:es:en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kde4libs
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Does this persist after reboot? Also, with all updates applied?

[Iñaki Baz Castillo (ibc-aliax)]

The error occurred since "kdepim-runtime" was not installed (as I realized in other bug report). It should be included as dependency.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

In this case fixed it is.
kdepim-runtime is a dependency of any kdepim application it seems.