Bug 445821

Summary:	KMail 5.18.3: Akonadi error 'Details' button doesn't work
Product:	[Applications] kmail2	Reporter:	strangequark <random1123581321>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexander.lohnau, montel
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description strangequark 2021-11-20 16:26:32 UTC

SUMMARY
Crash Akonadi (the way I did it: delete /home/user/.local/share/akonadi/ CAUTION: I still haven't found a way to fix Akonadi.)
KMail will outright crash the first time, the next time it'll show a 'The Akonadi personal information management service is not operational', with a 'Details' button below it. Clicking on the 'Details' button does absolutely nothing. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Somehow do stuff to Akonadi that prevents it from working
2. Run KMail
3. Click on the 'Details' button under the 'The Akonadi personal information management service is not operational' error message

OBSERVED RESULT
Nothing happens

EXPECTED RESULT
The error details should be shown

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.23
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.88.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.11.0-40-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz
Memory: 7.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 620

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
none

Comment 1 Alexander Lohnau 2022-09-11 12:42:51 UTC

I have the same issue, in the terminal you get a meaningful error message:

>org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Starting up the Akonadi Server...
>org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: mysqld not found. Please verify your installation
>org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Shutting down AkonadiServer...
>org.kde.pim.akonadicontrol: Application '/usr/bin/akonadiserver' exited normally...

Though this is a really bad user experience :/