Version: (using KDE 4.2.2) OS: Linux Installed from: Mandriva RPMs Kmail session is not restored at login. I have to run it manually twice before being able to use it. The only clue I found is the "kmail" lines in the .xsession-errors file: $ cat ~/.xsession-errors | grep "kmail" <unknown program name>(15531)/: Communication problem with "kmail" , it probably crashed. kmail(15829) KWallet::Wallet::openWallet: Pass a valid window to KWallet::Wallet::openWallet(). kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kmail kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kmail kmail(15829) KMReaderWin::message: Attempt to reference invalid serial number 953566 kmail(15829) KMReaderWin::message: Attempt to reference invalid serial number 953502 kmail(15829) KMReaderWin::message: Attempt to reference invalid serial number 953501 kmail(15829) KMFolderIndex::updateIndexStreamPtr: utime( "/home/benoit/.Mail/.outbox.index.ids" , 0) failed (KMMsgDict::getFolderIdsLocation( *this )) kmail(15829) KMFolderIndex::updateIndexStreamPtr: utime( "/home/benoit/.Mail/.outbox.index.ids" , 0) failed (KMMsgDict::getFolderIdsLocation( *this ))
Still there in KDE 4.3.2, but slightly differently, so I created another bug report.
See bug 217474
So this is fixed and replaced by a new one