On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 06:39:45AM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:04:05 -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
> > for some reason, kmail is busted and I need a way of getting
> > mutt to spawn firefox. Anybody?
>
> I can only suggest the most basic method (which should work
> with any text mode MUA, even those without any mouse support).
> It requires that you already have a Firefox running, e. g. on
> a 2nd workspace. First select the URL in the mail message with
> the left mouse button, then switch over to the Firefox window
> and click the middle mouse button (or press down the mouse
> wheel if you don't have a normal 3 button mouse). If the URL
> is encapsulated in spaces, a double-click would select it,
> so you don't need to manually select it from its beginning
> to its end (or vice versa).
>
>
>
> > ps: this is from a linujx desktop running kde...
>
> If your mail storage is intact, can't you (temporarily) use
> Thunderbird to access it? If I remember correctly, KMail and
> Thunderbird are using the same storage format (mbox, I think)...
>
I think youre rt about t'bird. I tried to install it and got
wy lost. ince kde is the same <>, I'm including
the ancillary file that is giving kmail fits. maybe someone
omlist will spot the trouble straight away---considering that
this is the sharpest list anywhere.
in the meantime, im using the rightmost button with mutt and
getting some of the http urls.
thank, everybody,
# trouble report::
Akonadi Server Self-Test Report
===
Test 1: SUCCESS
Database driver found.
Details: The QtSQL driver 'QMYSQL' is required by your current Akonadi server
configuration and was found on your system.
File content of '/home/kline/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc':
[%General]
Driver=QMYSQL
[QMYSQL]
Name=akonadi
Host=
Options="UNIX_SOCKET=/home/kline/.local/share/akonadi/socket-tao/mysql.socket"
ServerPath=/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi
StartServer=true
[Debug]
Tracer=null
Test 2: SUCCESS
Akonadi is not running as root
Details: Akonadi is not running as a root/administrator user, which is the
recommended setup for a secure system.
Test 3: SUCCESS
MySQL server found.
Details: You have currently configured Akonadi to use the MySQL server
'/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi'.
Make sure you have the MySQL server installed, set the correct path and ensure
you have the necessary read and execution rights on the server executable. The
server executable is typically called 'mysqld'; its location varies depending
on the distribution.
Test 4: SUCCESS
MySQL server is executable.
Details: MySQL server found: /usr/sbin/mysqld Ver 5.5.29-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 for
debian-linux-gnu on x86_64 ((Ubuntu))
Test 5: ERROR
MySQL server log contains errors.
Details: The MySQL server error log file '/home/kline/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/mysql.err'
contains errors.
File content of '/home/kline/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/mysql.err':
130217 17:12:31 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
130217 17:12:31 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
130217 17:12:31 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
130217 17:12:31 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3.4
130217 17:12:31 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 8.0M
130217 17:12:31 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
InnoDB: Error: log file ./ib_logfile0 is of different size 0 8064000 bytes
InnoDB: than specified in the .cnf file 0 2097152 bytes!
130217 17:12:31 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error.
130217 17:12:31 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
130217 17:12:31 [ERROR] Unknown/unsupported storage engine: innodb
130217 17:12:31 [ERROR] Aborting
130217 17:12:31 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
# I just dont get this, above.
Test 6: SUCCESS
MySQL server default configuration found.
Details: The default configuration for the MySQL server was found and is
readable at /etc/akonadi/mysql-global.conf.
File content of '/etc/akonadi/mysql-global.conf':
#
# Global Akonadi MySQL server settings,
# These settings can be adjusted using $HOME/.config/akonadi/mysql-local.conf
#
# Based on advice by Kris Köhntopp
#
[mysqld]
# strict query parsing/interpretation
# TODO: make Akonadi work with those settings enabled
#
sql_mode=strict_trans_tables,strict_all_tables,strict_error_for_division_by_zero,no_auto_create_user,no_auto_value_on_zero,no_engine_substitution,no_zero_date,no_zero_in_date,only_full_group_by,pipes_as_concat
# sql_mode=strict_trans_tables
# DEBUGGING:
# log all queries, useful for debugging but generates an enormous amount of data
# log=mysql.full
# log queries slower than n seconds, log file name relative to datadir (for
debugging only)
# log_slow_queries=mysql.slow
# long_query_time=1
# log queries not using indices, debug only, disable for production use
#