Package: akonadi-server Version: 1.13.0-2+deb8u1 Followup-For: Bug #843891 I had the same problem, also with the following error:
stderr: "/usr/sbin/mysqld: Error on realpath() on '/var/lib/mysql-files' (Error 2) 161113 11:11:26 [ERROR] Failed to access directory for --secure-file-priv. Please make sure that directory exists and is accessible by MySQL Server. Supplied value : /var/lib/mysql-files 161113 11:11:26 [ERROR] Aborting I solved this problem the following way: - first I gained root privileges in a shell (often named "console" in graphical desktop environments). Root privileges can be gained either by invoking the "su" command and entering the root password or by invoking the command "sudo bash" and entering your own password. The latter method has to be configured and isn't available by default in Debian. - After I gained root privileges I created the folder /var/lib/mysql-files by invoking the mkdir command like this: mkdir -p /var/lib/mysql-files - Then I returned to KMail and clicked the button to start Akonadi which then started without mourning and KMail was usable again. The same shoudl work for KAddressbook, KOrganizer and other KDE personal information programs. Have a nice day :) To Debian package maintainers: Can the invocation of the mkdir command be added to the installation routine for the akonadi-server package or the installation routine for the mysql-server package? Circumventing this bug is clearly a problem for non-technical users of Debian. Regards Moritz Strohm -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.6 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages akonadi-server depends on: ii akonadi-backend-mysql 1.13.0-2+deb8u1 ii libakonadiprotocolinternals1 1.13.0-2+deb8u1 ii libboost-program-options1.55.0 1.55.0+dfsg-3 ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u6 ii libgcc1 1:4.9.2-10 ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqt4-network 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqt4-sql 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqt4-xml 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1 ii libstdc++6 4.9.2-10 akonadi-server recommends no packages. Versions of packages akonadi-server suggests: ii akonadi-backend-mysql 1.13.0-2+deb8u1 pn akonadi-backend-postgresql <none> pn akonadi-backend-sqlite <none> -- no debconf information
