Hi,

it's two weeks now that i can't open everthing that's related to akonadi. Everytime i try to open something like kmail I get
The akonadi personal information management system is not operational.
The first time it happend was directly after accessing kmail via contact which I just installed and used for the first time.
Accessing kmail via the command line gives me the following:

Pass a valid window to KWallet::Wallet::openWallet().
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
[0911/100802:ERROR:resource_bundle.cc(720)] Failed to load /usr/share/qt5/resources/qtwebengine_devtools_resources.pak
Some features may not be available.
[0911/100802:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(217)] Running without the SUID sandbox! See https://chromium.googlesource.com/chrom ... lopment.md for more information on developing with the sandbox on.
[0911/100802:ERROR:resource_bundle.cc(720)] Failed to load /usr/share/qt5/resources/qtwebengine_devtools_resources.pak
Some features may not be available.
void AdblockManager::reloadConfig() false AdBlock::AdblockManager(0x22b64f0)
this does not work on a KActionCollection containing actions!
log_akonadicore: Socket error occurred: "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Invalid name"
log_akonadicore: Socket error occurred: "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Invalid name"
org.kde.akonadi.ETM: GEN true false false
org.kde.akonadi.ETM: collection: QVector()
org.kde.akonadi.ETM:
log_akonadiserver: Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
log_akonadiserver: executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi"
log_akonadiserver: arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/wolfgang/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/wolfgang/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/tmp/akonadi-wolfgang.X1Y54T/mysql.socket")
log_akonadiserver: stdout: ""
log_akonadiserver: stderr: "mysqld: Error on realpath() on '/var/lib/mysql-files' (Error 2 - No such file or directory)\n2016-09-11T08:08:02.160618Z 0 [Warning] The syntax '--log_warnings/-W' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use '--log_error_verbosity' instead.\n2016-09-11T08:08:02.160739Z 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details).\n2016-09-11T08:08:02.160855Z 0 [ERROR] Failed to access directory for --secure-file-priv. Please make sure that directory exists and is accessible by MySQL Server. Supplied value : /var/lib/mysql-files\n2016-09-11T08:08:02.160870Z 0 [ERROR] Aborting\n\n2016-09-11T08:08:02.160903Z 0 [Note] Binlog end\n"
log_akonadiserver: exit code: 1
log_akonadiserver: process error: "Unknown error"
log_akonadiserver: Failed to remove Unix socket
log_akonadiserver: Failed to remove runtime connection config file
log_akonadicontrol: Application 'akonadiserver' exited normally...
log_akonadicore: Job error: "Unknown error." for collection: QVector()

log_akonadicore: Job error: "Unknown error." for collection: QVector()

log_messagelist: Failed to load tags "Unknown error."
log_messagelist: Failed to load tags "Unknown error."
log_messagelist: Failed to load tags "Unknown error."
log_mailcommon: failed to retrieve tags "Unknown error."
log_kmail: "Unknown error."


What can I try to fix this? Thanks for any support in advance.

Are you using a custom MySQL configuration? I see

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log_akonadiserver: stderr: "mysqld: Error on realpath() on '/var/lib/mysql-files'

that shouldn't happen, the mysqld process should only use your own home dir and path under $HOME/.local/share/akonadi.

What distribution are you using?

Any ideas why akonadictl doesn't work on a virtual machine or as root but works under a user?

akonadictl shouldn't be run as root. As a regular user, it runs its own instance of the database, that is why it's working. As root, it probably clashes with the system mariadb/postgresql server, if there is any running.

I found an error message that '/var/lib/mysql-files' was missing. I created the file, started Akonadi and Kmail worked again.

Glad that you resolved the issue.

Confirmed in Linux Mint 17 with KDE 4.14.2 and MySQL 5.5.53

Creating directory /var/lib/mysql-files with root permissions did the trick.

Thanks!

I'm having the same issue. I'm "new" to Linux, but a quick learner... just having trouble finding a fix. Running Debian "jessie" with encrypted LVM partitions for home, tmp, var, and usr (and swap)... Install went smoothly, no hiccups. Just trying to get all my apps, etc. to run smoothly.

The only error I've come across so far is with KMail, although after almost removing Akonadi (in order to reinstall it... yes I know there's an option for that) I noticed that eeeeeeeeverything seems to depend on it... so I didn't go through with it, afraid I might brick my laptop by accident.
The error message is as follows:

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/blake/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc':
[%General]
Driver=QMYSQL

[QMYSQL]
Name=akonadi
Host=
Options="UNIX_SOCKET=/tmp/akonadi-blake.PBjAYe/mysql.socket"
ServerPath=/usr/sbin/mysqld
StartServer=true


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'.
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: 161107 6:04:39 [Warning] Using unique option prefix key_buffer instead of key_buffer_size is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use the full name instead.
/usr/sbin/mysqld Ver 5.5.53-0+deb8u1 for debian-linux-gnu on x86_64 ((Debian))


Test 5: SUCCESS
--------

No current MySQL error log found.
Details: The MySQL server did not report any errors during this startup. The log can be found in '/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/mysql.err'.

Test 6: SUCCESS
--------

MySQL server default configuration found.
Details: The default configuration for the MySQL server was found and is readable at <a href='/etc/akonadi/mysql-global.conf'>/etc/akonadi/mysql-global.conf</a>.

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 <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


Test 7: SKIP
--------

MySQL server custom configuration not available.
Details: The custom configuration for the MySQL server was not found but is optional.

Test 8: SUCCESS
--------

MySQL server configuration is usable.
Details: The MySQL server configuration was found at <a href='/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf'>/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf</a> and is readable.

File content of '/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf':
#
# 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


Test 9: SUCCESS
--------

akonadictl found and usable
Details: The program '/usr/bin/akonadictl' to control the Akonadi server was found and could be executed successfully.
Result:
Akonadi 1.13.0


Test 10: ERROR
--------

Akonadi control process not registered at D-Bus.
Details: The Akonadi control process is not registered at D-Bus which typically means it was not started or encountered a fatal error during startup.

Test 11: ERROR
--------

Akonadi server process not registered at D-Bus.
Details: The Akonadi server process is not registered at D-Bus which typically means it was not started or encountered a fatal error during startup.

Test 12: SKIP
--------

Protocol version check not possible.
Details: Without a connection to the server it is not possible to check if the protocol version meets the requirements.

Test 13: ERROR
--------

No resource agents found.
Details: No resource agents have been found, Akonadi is not usable without at least one. This usually means that no resource agents are installed or that there is a setup problem. The following paths have been searched: '/usr/share/akonadi/agents'. The XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable is set to '/usr/share:/usr/share:/usr/local/share'; make sure this includes all paths where Akonadi agents are installed.

Directory listing of '/usr/share/akonadi/agents':
akonadinepomukfeederagent.desktop
akonotesresource.desktop
archivemailagent.desktop
birthdaysresource.desktop
contactsresource.desktop
davgroupwareresource.desktop
folderarchiveagent.desktop
followupreminder.desktop
gcalresource.desktop
googlecalendarresource.desktop
googlecontactsresource.desktop
googledataresource.desktop
icaldirresource.desktop
icalresource.desktop
imapresource.desktop
invitationsagent.desktop
kabcresource.desktop
kalarmdirresource.desktop
kalarmresource.desktop
kcalresource.desktop
kdeaccountsresource.desktop
kolabproxyresource.desktop
kolabresource.desktop
localbookmarksresource.desktop
maildirresource.desktop
maildispatcheragent.desktop
mailfilteragent.desktop
mboxresource.desktop
migrationagent.desktop
mixedmaildirresource.desktop
mtdummyresource.desktop
newmailnotifieragent.desktop
nntpresource.desktop
notesagent.desktop
notesresource.desktop
openxchangeresource.desktop
pop3resource.desktop
sendlateragent.desktop
vcarddirresource.desktop
vcardresource.desktop

Environment variable XDG_DATA_DIRS is set to '/usr/share:/usr/share:/usr/local/share'

Test 14: ERROR
--------

Current Akonadi server error log found.
Details: The Akonadi server reported errors during its current startup. The log can be found in <a href='/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/akonadiserver.error'>/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/akonadiserver.error</a>.

File content of '/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/akonadiserver.error':
Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld"
arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/tmp/akonadi-blake.PBjAYe/mysql.socket")
stdout: ""
stderr: "/usr/sbin/mysqld: Error on realpath() on '/var/lib/mysql-files' (Error 2)
161107 6:04:36 [ERROR] Failed to access directory for --secure-file-priv. Please make sure that directory exists and is accessible by MySQL Server. Supplied value : /var/lib/mysql-files
161107 6:04:36 [ERROR] Aborting

"
exit code: 1
process error: "Unknown error"
"[
0: akonadiserver() [0x418c9a]
1: akonadiserver() [0x418f14]
2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x350e0) [0x7f22922370e0]
3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x37) [0x7f2292237067]
4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x148) [0x7f2292238448]
5: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgTypePKc+0x12a) [0x7f2293a41a9a]
6: akonadiserver() [0x41ad1d]
7: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0x8a) [0x7f2293ae123a]
8: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x120855) [0x7f2293af0855]
9: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD1Ev+0x31) [0x7f2293af91b1]
10: akonadiserver() [0x481eee]
11: akonadiserver() [0x41b91f]
12: akonadiserver() [0x41e008]
13: akonadiserver() [0x4e29e9]
14: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN7QObject5eventEP6QEvent+0x1e1) [0x7f2293b6fe11]
15: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication14notifyInternalEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x8d) [0x7f2293b5671d]
16: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate16sendPostedEventsEP7QObjectiP11QThreadData+0x231) [0x7f2293b59fc1]
17: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x1b5bd3) [0x7f2293b85bd3]
18: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x24d) [0x7f2291900c5d]
19: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x49f48) [0x7f2291900f48]
20: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x2c) [0x7f2291900ffc]
21: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN20QEventDispatcherGlib13processEventsE6QFlagsIN10QEventLoop17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x5d) [0x7f2293b85d1d]
22: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop13processEventsE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x41) [0x7f2293b55271]
23: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop4execE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x1a5) [0x7f2293b555d5]
24: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication4execEv+0x99) [0x7f2293b5b059]
25: akonadiserver() [0x4131c5]
26: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f2292223b45]
27: akonadiserver() [0x413bee]
]
"


Test 15: ERROR
--------

Previous Akonadi server error log found.
Details: The Akonadi server reported errors during its previous startup. The log can be found in <a href='/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/akonadiserver.error.old'>/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/akonadiserver.error.old</a>.

File content of '/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/akonadiserver.error.old':
Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld"
arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/blake/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/tmp/akonadi-blake.PBjAYe/mysql.socket")
stdout: ""
stderr: "/usr/sbin/mysqld: Error on realpath() on '/var/lib/mysql-files' (Error 2)
161107 6:04:36 [ERROR] Failed to access directory for --secure-file-priv. Please make sure that directory exists and is accessible by MySQL Server. Supplied value : /var/lib/mysql-files
161107 6:04:36 [ERROR] Aborting

"
exit code: 1
process error: "Unknown error"
"[
0: akonadiserver() [0x418c9a]
1: akonadiserver() [0x418f14]
2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x350e0) [0x7f87b44ea0e0]
3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x37) [0x7f87b44ea067]
4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x148) [0x7f87b44eb448]
5: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgTypePKc+0x12a) [0x7f87b5cf4a9a]
6: akonadiserver() [0x41ad1d]
7: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0x8a) [0x7f87b5d9423a]
8: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x120855) [0x7f87b5da3855]
9: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN11QTextStreamD1Ev+0x31) [0x7f87b5dac1b1]
10: akonadiserver() [0x481eee]
11: akonadiserver() [0x41b91f]
12: akonadiserver() [0x41e008]
13: akonadiserver() [0x4e29e9]
14: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN7QObject5eventEP6QEvent+0x1e1) [0x7f87b5e22e11]
15: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication14notifyInternalEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x8d) [0x7f87b5e0971d]
16: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate16sendPostedEventsEP7QObjectiP11QThreadData+0x231) [0x7f87b5e0cfc1]
17: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(+0x1b5bd3) [0x7f87b5e38bd3]
18: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_dispatch+0x24d) [0x7f87b3bb3c5d]
19: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(+0x49f48) [0x7f87b3bb3f48]
20: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0(g_main_context_iteration+0x2c) [0x7f87b3bb3ffc]
21: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN20QEventDispatcherGlib13processEventsE6QFlagsIN10QEventLoop17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x5d) [0x7f87b5e38d1d]
22: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop13processEventsE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x41) [0x7f87b5e08271]
23: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN10QEventLoop4execE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE+0x1a5) [0x7f87b5e085d5]
24: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication4execEv+0x99) [0x7f87b5e0e059]
25: akonadiserver() [0x4131c5]
26: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f87b44d6b45]
27: akonadiserver() [0x413bee]
]
"


Test 16: SUCCESS
--------

No current Akonadi control error log found.
Details: The Akonadi control process did not report any errors during its current startup.

Test 17: SUCCESS
--------

No previous Akonadi control error log found.
Details: The Akonadi control process did not report any errors during its previous startup.




Specific instructions would be GREATLY appreciated... I'm still learning Thanks for your time everyone.

wutupcuz wrote:stderr: "/usr/sbin/mysqld: Error on realpath() on '/var/lib/mysql-files' (Error 2)
161107 6:04:36 [ERROR] Failed to access directory for --secure-file-priv. Please make sure that directory exists and is accessible by MySQL Server. Supplied value : /var/lib/mysql-files

Create the directory /var/lib/mysql-files/, as already written in the post before yours.

Thanks, worked like a charm. Hope I didn't get any noob-goo on you

wutupcuz wrote:Thanks, worked like a charm. Hope I didn't get any noob-goo on you

You're welcome.

You should probably report the problem to your distribution though, as this seems to be a packaging error in mysql/mariadb.
(this also applies to the other people that had this problem...)

I just ran into this same issue, and solved it by creating the

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/var/lib/mysql-files/

directory as well. In my case this happened on a fresh installation of Kubuntu 16.10.

Hi there,

I'm also running kubuntu 16.10 (fresh install).

I create the missing directory as advised:
fred@laptop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/lib/mysql-files
fred@laptop:~$ ls -alh /var/lib/mysql-files
insgesamt 8,0K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4,0K Mär 29 12:45 .
drwxr-xr-x 67 root root 4,0K Mär 29 12:45 ..
fred@laptop:~$

but I'm still getting some errors:
fred@laptop:~$ sudo akonadictl start
Starting Akonadi Server...
done.
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
fred@laptop:~$ akonadiprivate_log: search paths: ("/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin", "/snap/bin", "/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"
Using mysqld: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi"
mysqld reports version 5.7.17 (Oracle MySQL)
Executing: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi" "--defaults-file=/etc/xdg/akonadi/mysql-global.conf --initialize --datadir=/home/fred/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/"
mysqld: [ERROR] Could not open required defaults file: /etc/xdg/akonadi/mysql-global.conf
mysqld: [ERROR] Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted!
Executing: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi" "--defaults-file=/home/fred/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf --datadir=/home/fred/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/ --socket=/tmp/akonadi-root.UFu3f3/mysql.socket"
Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi"
arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/fred/.local/share/akonadi/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/fred/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/tmp/akonadi-root.UFu3f3/mysql.socket")
stdout: ""
stderr: "2017-03-29T10:46:32.526549Z 0 [Warning] The syntax '--log_warnings/-W' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use '--log_error_verbosity' instead.\n2017-03-29T10:46:32.526596Z 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details).\n2017-03-29T10:46:32.526675Z 0 [Warning] Can't create test file /home/fred/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/altran.lower-test\n2017-03-29T10:46:32.526693Z 0 [Warning] Insecure configuration for --secure-file-priv: Location is accessible to all OS users. Consider choosing a different directory.\n2017-03-29T10:46:32.527431Z 0 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld (mysqld 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.10.1) starting as process 27164 ...\n2017-03-29T10:46:32.538726Z 0 [Warning] Can't create test file /home/fred/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/altran.lower-test\n2017-03-29T10:46:32.538752Z 0 [Warning] Can't create test file /home/fred/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/altran.lower-test\n2017-03-29T10:46:32.538761Z 0 [ERROR] Fatal error: Please read \"Security\" section of the manual to find out how to run mysqld as root!\n\n2017-03-29T10:46:32.538769Z 0 [ERROR] Aborting\n\n2017-03-29T10:46:32.538787Z 0 [Note] Binlog end\n2017-03-29T10:46:32.538819Z 0 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete\n\n"
exit code: 1
process error: "Unknown error"
terminating service threads
terminating connection threads
stopping db process
Failed to remove Unix socket
Failed to remove runtime connection config file
Application 'akonadiserver' exited normally...

fred@laptop:~$

What am I missing or doing incorrectly? Could anybody help?
Thanks in advance!

osunax wrote:What am I missing or doing incorrectly?

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fred@laptop:~$ sudo akonadictl start

You are trying to run akonadi as root.
That won't work.
Start it as user, i.e. *without* sudo.

Thank you!!!! That fixed it indeed!