After downloading/installing updates I got an error message about broken packages. kmail would not open. I tried to corredt the problem with recovery mode during bootup. I also, useing the sudo command downloaded updates and upgrades. after this, I was able to uninstall and reinstall kmail but no result. on attempting to upen kmail, i get an error massage that akonadi is not running. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.attempting to open kmail 2. 3. Actual Results: "The Akonadi personal information management service is not running. This application cannot be used without it" Expected Results: Kmail opens normally
it's a install problem not a kmail problem Report to your distro.