I have upgraded to karmic yesterday and I am experiencing exactly the same. My error log of akonadi is exactly the same.
I have removed my old akonadi settings, purged the package and reinstalled it I always get this error. -- starting akonadi server fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460012 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs