This is getting rather long, but for those who are trying to find the same solutions please read on.
2009/10/23 Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com>: > 2009/10/23 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com>: >> On Friday 23 October 2009 11:03:27 you wrote: >>> 2009/10/23 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com>: >>> > akonadi is in a transition stage right now. Eventually it will deal with >>> > all your pim backends natively but for the moment it simply acts as a >>> > proxy between kmail and the backend using pimlibs just the way kmail used >>> > to do. >>> > >>> > Check the akonadi config and tell it to use the existing addressbook file >>> > instead of whatever database-related settings it currently has. >>> >>> Thanks Alan, >>> >>> I don't seem to have an akonadi config file that I can find anywhere >>> under .kde4/ What is it called? >> >> I have no idea :-) >> >> I used the akonaditray gui and navigated to the traditional KDE flat files >> (the ones listed as kresources) > > This is a problem for me - I am using Fluxbox and there is no > akonaditray gui shown ... may have to run startkde. Started kde4 from a terminal and went to System Settings and added /usr/bin/sqlite3 as the Akonadi command, but nothing much changed. So, for now I am giving up on Akonadi. >>> Also, I can't find my existing addressbook file ... >> >> That one gets confusing, you'll likely find files with names like >> "kaddressbook" and "kabc". I run "grep -ir" to look for an unusual name in >> the >> addressbook to find the files (just don't include your maildirs in the search >> directory ;-) ) > > Yes, I have found these two but they only have a couple of settings in > them, not the addressbook contents. I tried to import old KDE2 address book settings from within the KDE4 address book and it failed - couldn't find it in KDE3.5. However, I then opened my eyes properly, searched better and found .kde3.5/share/apps/kabc/ which contains, as Alan kindly suggested, my address book data. Copied it over, deleted the old .kde3.5/share/apps/kabc/lock directory and now the KDE4 kmail lists all my address book entries! Yes! :-) Also, I found a solution to the kmail filters - I opened the filters tab in kmail4 and used the import button, pointed it to the 3.5 kmailrc and it imported them all fine. Very pleased. :-) > Another question please: The 3.5 Konqueror Introduction page used to > have a hyperlink for opening media. In there I would find USB sticks > that I could mount via hald. With KDE4 there is no Media:/ shown - > how can I add it? Haven't cracked this one yet. Running media:/ gives me an error: "Protocol not supported". Dolphin shows USB devices on the left hand menu/panel, but Konqueror wont. Any ideas welcome. :-) -- Regards, Mick
