Hi all,

I have kde4.4 installed on Arch Linux and I am using kontact for mail, contacts and the rest. Since installing kontact I cannot add an address book or a contact.

If I try to add an address book I get this error....

"Could not add address book: Agent instance creation timed out."

I would appreciate any help in solving this problem.

Diesel1.

Can you confirm that Akonadi is running?

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akonadictl status

Hi bcooksley,

Yes it is running.....

[diesel1 ~]$ akonadictl status
Akonadi Control: running
Akonadi Server: running
Akonadi Server Search Support: available (backend: Virtuoso)


Diesel1.

Hm, just googled your error message and found your post in the arch forum

So what is the current status of your address book? You still in .kde4/share/apps/kabc or already in .local/share/contacts?

Way I would proceed:

1) make backups
2) close kontact
3) delete all files in .local/share/contacts
4) open kabc as a standalone - this should convert automagically all your entries from .kde4/share/apps/kabc to akonadi in .local/share/contacts
5) close kabc, open kontact and hope for the best...

Hi toad,

I looked in ~/.local/share/contacts and it was empty.

I then checked the permissions, they were diesel1/diesel1 so I changed them to diesel1/users.

When I started kaddressbook it allowed me to create a new address book!

This address book is also accessible in Kontact now.

Thanks for the pointers toad,

Diesel1.

Doh

Want to mark this as solved so others can benefit?

Done.

Updated to new Solved method.