Bug 226621 - new groups are not saved
Summary: new groups are not saved
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kaddressbook
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs Unspecified
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2010-02-13 01:44 UTC by Mark van Rossum
Modified: 2010-02-15 12:22 UTC (History)
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Description Mark van Rossum 2010-02-13 01:44:41 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.4.0)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

After upgrading to 4.4.0 new contact groups can be created but are not saved.

I create a new group in either "Personal Contacts" or in "Addressbook" (import from kde 4.3), add some addresses, But after I press Ok, I cannot find the new group. I presume it was not saved.

Great....
Comment 1 Tobias Koenig 2010-02-14 12:49:10 UTC 
Hej Mark,

works fine here with a vanilla installation from SVN 4.4 branch.
Make sure your Akonadi is configured correctly and Nepomuk is setup
properly (with Virtuoso 6.1 backend).

Ciao,
Tobias
Comment 2 Tobias Koenig 2010-02-14 12:51:14 UTC 
Hej Mark,

works fine here with a vanilla installation from SVN 4.4 branch.
Make sure your Akonadi is configured correctly and Nepomuk is setup
properly (with Virtuoso 6.1 backend).

Ciao,
Tobias
Comment 3 Fabio Puddu 2010-02-14 16:06:41 UTC 
The same happens to me, after the upgrade to 4.4 in Kubuntu Karmic
Comment 4 Fabio Puddu 2010-02-14 16:07:47 UTC 
I suggest to change status to confirmed
Comment 5 Mark van Rossum 2010-02-14 17:45:48 UTC 
Hi Tobias

I'm sure it is fine in a vanilla install, but that is not the typical scenario...

Yes, I see problems with my akonadi setup, but the documentation to solve them is to obscure for me.

At least kaddressbook should give an error message when it can not save the changes!
Comment 6 Tobias Koenig 2010-02-15 09:07:48 UTC 
Hej Mark,

but I can't fix any bug that is not caused by KAddressBook...
and I won't add any workaround for a distribution specific migration bug.

If you need help to get Akonadi up and running, join the mailinglist/forum
of your distributor, userbase.kde.org, kdepim-user@kde.org or join
the #akonadi IRC channel on freenode.org. There are many ways to get help
for your setup problem...

Ciao,
Tobias
Comment 7 Mark van Rossum 2010-02-15 09:10:13 UTC 
Hi Tobias,

I can see that. 
I do maintain though that an error message should be generated.
Comment 8 Tobias Koenig 2010-02-15 09:14:23 UTC 
Hej Mark,

therefor we have to know _what_ actually goes wrong...
Have you tried starting Akonadi server manually in a console
via 'akonadictl start'? Have you started 'akonadiconsole' and
enabled the debugger on the 3rd tab? Are there any errors or warnings
reported?

Ciao,
Tobias
Comment 9 Fabio Puddu 2010-02-15 09:51:41 UTC 
The problem relies in saving groups into a "VCard Directory" address book type. After migrating all the contacts to the new "Personal Contacts" address book type, the problem is solved.
It would be great if that advice is shown in a popup message while trying to create groups in that kind of address book.
Greetings,
Fabio
Comment 10 Tobias Koenig 2010-02-15 12:22:44 UTC 
Hej,

in SVN trunk (I thought I have backported it to 4.4 branch as well...)
the 'New Group...' button is only enabled if the address book really supports
to store contact groups.

Ciao,
Tobias