I'm starting a new post because I don't find exactly the same issues elsewhere...

I'm trying to recreate my old profile on a new computer, but upon Kontact startup I get an error message that says akonadi doesn't exist or work...Akonadi Self-Test gave me:

http://pastebin.com/qLLVt8Q4

I also tried:

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donald@donald:~$ akonadictl status
Akonadi Control: stopped
Akonadi Server: stopped
search paths:  ("/home/donald/.kde/lib/kde4/plugins/", "/usr/lib/kde4/plugins/", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/plugins", "/usr/lib/qt4/plugins", "/usr/bin", "/usr/lib/kde4/plugins", "/home/donald/.kde/lib/kde4/", "/usr/lib/kde4/")
Akonadi Server Search Support: available (Remote Search, Akonadi Baloo Search Plugin)
Available Agent Types: akonadi_akonotes_resource, akonadi_archivemail_agent, akonadi_baloo_indexer, akonadi_birthdays_resource, akonadi_contacts_resource, akonadi_davgroupware_resource, akonadi_facebook_resource, akonadi_folderarchive_agent, akonadi_googlecalendar_resource, akonadi_googlecontacts_resource, akonadi_ical_resource, akonadi_icaldir_resource, akonadi_imap_resource, akonadi_invitations_agent, akonadi_kabc_resource, akonadi_kalarm_dir_resource, akonadi_kalarm_resource, akonadi_kcal_resource, akonadi_kdeaccounts_resource, akonadi_kolabproxy_resource, akonadi_localbookmarks_resource, akonadi_maildir_resource, akonadi_maildispatcher_agent, akonadi_mailfilter_agent, akonadi_mailtransport_dummy_resource, akonadi_mbox_resource, akonadi_migration_agent, akonadi_mixedmaildir_resource, akonadi_nepomuk_feeder, akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent, akonadi_nntp_resource, akonadi_notes_agent, akonadi_notes_resource, akonadi_openxchange_resource, akonadi_pop3_resource, akonadi_sendlater_agent, akonadi_vcard_resource, akonadi_vcarddir_resource

and

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donald@donald:~$ akonadictl start
Starting Akonadi Server...
   done.
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
donald@donald:~$ search paths:  ("/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin", "/usr/games", "/usr/local/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec", "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin")
Found mysql_install_db:  "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
Found mysqlcheck:  "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld"
arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/tmp/akonadi-donald.KHDdun/mysql.socket")
stdout: ""
stderr: "Could not open required defaults file: /home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
"
exit code: 1
process error: "Unknown error"
"[
0: akonadiserver() [0x419cb7]
1: akonadiserver() [0x419f12]
2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x36ff0) [0x7fd27f94eff0]
3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x39) [0x7fd27f94ef79]
4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x148) [0x7fd27f952388]
5: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgTypePKc+0x102) [0x7fd281436c92]
6: akonadiserver() [0x41bdbd]
7: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0xb0) [0x7fd2814d1470]
8: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x11ab3d) [0x7fd2814e0b3d]
9: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD1Ev+0x31) [0x7fd2814e9721]
10: akonadiserver() [0x4b38b4]
11: akonadiserver() [0x41c957]
12: akonadiserver() [0x41f1e5]
13: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN7QObject5eventEP6QEvent+0x24e) [0x7fd28155bc1e]
14: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication14notifyInternalEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x6d) [0x7fd2815434dd]
15: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate16sendPostedEventsEP7QObjectiP11QThreadData+0x1ed) [0x7fd281546b3d]
16: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x1aaf83) [0x7fd281570f83]
17: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x254) [0x7fd27f01de04]
18: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x49048) [0x7fd27f01e048]
19: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x2c) [0x7fd27f01e0ec]
20: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN20QEventDispatcherGlib13processEventsE6QFlagsIN10QEventLoop17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x71) [0x7fd2815707a1]
21: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop13processEventsE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x2f) [0x7fd2815420af]
22: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop4execE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x175) [0x7fd2815423a5]
23: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication4execEv+0x89) [0x7fd281547b79]
24: akonadiserver() [0x4142e7]
25: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7fd27f939ec5]
26: akonadiserver() [0x414c48]
]
"
ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255 (Unknown error)
search paths:  ("/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin", "/usr/games", "/usr/local/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec", "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin")
Found mysql_install_db:  "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
Found mysqlcheck:  "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld"
arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/tmp/akonadi-donald.KHDdun/mysql.socket")
stdout: ""
stderr: "Could not open required defaults file: /home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
"
exit code: 1
process error: "Unknown error"
"[
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1: akonadiserver() [0x419f12]
2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x36ff0) [0x7f20465e1ff0]
3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x39) [0x7f20465e1f79]
4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x148) [0x7f20465e5388]
5: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgTypePKc+0x102) [0x7f20480c9c92]
6: akonadiserver() [0x41bdbd]
7: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0xb0) [0x7f2048164470]
8: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x11ab3d) [0x7f2048173b3d]
9: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD1Ev+0x31) [0x7f204817c721]
10: akonadiserver() [0x4b38b4]
11: akonadiserver() [0x41c957]
12: akonadiserver() [0x41f1e5]
13: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN7QObject5eventEP6QEvent+0x24e) [0x7f20481eec1e]
14: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication14notifyInternalEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x6d) [0x7f20481d64dd]
15: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate16sendPostedEventsEP7QObjectiP11QThreadData+0x1ed) [0x7f20481d9b3d]
16: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x1aaf83) [0x7f2048203f83]
17: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x254) [0x7f2045cb0e04]
18: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x49048) [0x7f2045cb1048]
19: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x2c) [0x7f2045cb10ec]
20: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN20QEventDispatcherGlib13processEventsE6QFlagsIN10QEventLoop17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x71) [0x7f20482037a1]
21: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop13processEventsE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x2f) [0x7f20481d50af]
22: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop4execE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x175) [0x7f20481d53a5]
23: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication4execEv+0x89) [0x7f20481dab79]
24: akonadiserver() [0x4142e7]
25: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f20465ccec5]
26: akonadiserver() [0x414c48]
]
"
ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255 (Unknown error)
search paths:  ("/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin", "/usr/games", "/usr/local/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec", "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin")
Found mysql_install_db:  "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
Found mysqlcheck:  "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld"
arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/tmp/akonadi-donald.KHDdun/mysql.socket")
stdout: ""
stderr: "Could not open required defaults file: /home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
"
exit code: 1
process error: "Unknown error"
"[
0: akonadiserver() [0x419cb7]
1: akonadiserver() [0x419f12]
2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x36ff0) [0x7fdc0c344ff0]
3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x39) [0x7fdc0c344f79]
4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x148) [0x7fdc0c348388]
5: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgTypePKc+0x102) [0x7fdc0de2cc92]
6: akonadiserver() [0x41bdbd]
7: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0xb0) [0x7fdc0dec7470]
8: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x11ab3d) [0x7fdc0ded6b3d]
9: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD1Ev+0x31) [0x7fdc0dedf721]
10: akonadiserver() [0x4b38b4]
11: akonadiserver() [0x41c957]
12: akonadiserver() [0x41f1e5]
13: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN7QObject5eventEP6QEvent+0x24e) [0x7fdc0df51c1e]
14: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication14notifyInternalEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x6d) [0x7fdc0df394dd]
15: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate16sendPostedEventsEP7QObjectiP11QThreadData+0x1ed) [0x7fdc0df3cb3d]
16: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x1aaf83) [0x7fdc0df66f83]
17: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x254) [0x7fdc0ba13e04]
18: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x49048) [0x7fdc0ba14048]
19: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x2c) [0x7fdc0ba140ec]
20: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN20QEventDispatcherGlib13processEventsE6QFlagsIN10QEventLoop17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x71) [0x7fdc0df667a1]
21: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop13processEventsE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x2f) [0x7fdc0df380af]
22: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop4execE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x175) [0x7fdc0df383a5]
23: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication4execEv+0x89) [0x7fdc0df3db79]
24: akonadiserver() [0x4142e7]
25: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7fdc0c32fec5]
26: akonadiserver() [0x414c48]
]
"
ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255 (Unknown error)
search paths:  ("/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin", "/usr/games", "/usr/local/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec", "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin")
Found mysql_install_db:  "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
Found mysqlcheck:  "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld"
arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/tmp/akonadi-donald.KHDdun/mysql.socket")
stdout: ""
stderr: "Could not open required defaults file: /home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
"
exit code: 1
process error: "Unknown error"
"[
0: akonadiserver() [0x419cb7]
1: akonadiserver() [0x419f12]
2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x36ff0) [0x7fb41137aff0]
3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x39) [0x7fb41137af79]
4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x148) [0x7fb41137e388]
5: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgTypePKc+0x102) [0x7fb412e62c92]
6: akonadiserver() [0x41bdbd]
7: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0xb0) [0x7fb412efd470]
8: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x11ab3d) [0x7fb412f0cb3d]
9: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD1Ev+0x31) [0x7fb412f15721]
10: akonadiserver() [0x4b38b4]
11: akonadiserver() [0x41c957]
12: akonadiserver() [0x41f1e5]
13: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN7QObject5eventEP6QEvent+0x24e) [0x7fb412f87c1e]
14: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication14notifyInternalEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x6d) [0x7fb412f6f4dd]
15: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate16sendPostedEventsEP7QObjectiP11QThreadData+0x1ed) [0x7fb412f72b3d]
16: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x1aaf83) [0x7fb412f9cf83]
17: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x254) [0x7fb410a49e04]
18: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x49048) [0x7fb410a4a048]
19: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x2c) [0x7fb410a4a0ec]
20: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN20QEventDispatcherGlib13processEventsE6QFlagsIN10QEventLoop17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x71) [0x7fb412f9c7a1]
21: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop13processEventsE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x2f) [0x7fb412f6e0af]
22: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop4execE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x175) [0x7fb412f6e3a5]
23: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication4execEv+0x89) [0x7fb412f73b79]
24: akonadiserver() [0x4142e7]
25: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7fb411365ec5]
26: akonadiserver() [0x414c48]
]
"
ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255 (Unknown error)
"akonadiserver" crashed too often and will not be restarted!

any ideas on what to try next?

Does the file /home/donald/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf exist on your system?

yes it does, and here it is:

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 #
# Global Akonadi MySQL server settings,
# These settings can be adjusted using $HOME/.config/akonadi/mysql-local.conf
#
# Based on advice by Kris Köhntopp <kris@mysql.com>
#
[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
# log_queries_not_using_indexes=1
#
# mesure database size and adjust innodb_buffer_pool_size
# SELECT sum(data_length) as bla, sum(index_length) as blub FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema not in ("mysql", "information_schema");

# NOTES:
# Keep Innob_log_waits and keep Innodb_buffer_pool_wait_free small (see show global status like "inno%", show global variables)

#expire_logs_days=3

#sync_bin_log=0

# Use UTF-8 encoding for tables
character_set_server=utf8
collation_server=utf8_general_ci

# use InnoDB for transactions and better crash recovery
default_storage_engine=innodb

# memory pool InnoDB uses to store data dictionary information and other internal data structures (default:1M)
# Deprecated in MySQL >= 5.6.3
innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=1M

# memory buffer InnoDB uses to cache data and indexes of its tables (default:128M)
# Larger values means less I/O
innodb_buffer_pool_size=80M

# Create a .ibd file for each table (default:0)
innodb_file_per_table=1

# Write out the log buffer to the log file at each commit (default:1)
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=2

# Buffer size used to write to the log files on disk (default:1M for builtin, 8M for plugin)
# larger values means less I/O
innodb_log_buffer_size=1M

# Size of each log file in a log group (default:5M) larger means less I/O but more time for recovery.
innodb_log_file_size=64M

# # error log file name, relative to datadir (default:hostname.err)
log_error=mysql.err

# print warnings and connection errors (default:1)
log_warnings=2

# Convert table named to lowercase
lower_case_table_names=1

# Maximum size of one packet or any generated/intermediate string. (default:1M)
max_allowed_packet=32M

# Maximum simultaneous connections allowed (default:100)
max_connections=256

# The two options below make no sense with prepared statements and/or transactions
# (make sense when having the same query multiple times)

# Memory allocated for caching query results (default:0 (disabled))
query_cache_size=0

# Do not cache results (default:1)
query_cache_type=0

# Do not use the privileges mechanisms
skip_grant_tables

# Do not listen for TCP/IP connections at all
skip_networking

# The number of open tables for all threads. (default:64)
table_open_cache=200

# How many threads the server should cache for reuse (default:0)
thread_cache_size=3

# wait 365d before dropping the DB connection (default:8h)
wait_timeout=31536000

# We use InnoDB, so don't let MyISAM eat up memory
key_buffer_size=16K

[client]
default-character-set=utf8

and I see that MySql Server processes have nice green checks by them...it's these processes that have errors:

Akonadi control process not registered at D-Bus
Akonadi server process not registered at D-Bus
No Resource Agents found
Current Akonadi server error log found
Previous Akonadi server error log found

Hi,

is your home or ~/.local/ a symlink by any chance? There's a known bug that MySQL refuses to start if the patch to mysql.conf contains a symlink.

I don't think it's a symlink...I confess I don't know much about them, though...I do remember setting up a symlink in Gentoo a while ago, but I don't know if Kubuntu 'automatically' sets them up...

How would I find out if it is?