This is a new installation of KDE4.6 on openSuSE 11.4 64bit.

The imported addressbook is now displayed as "Personal Contacts" in Kaddressbook, but its contents are not accessible to Kmail. I understand that this is normal, and that I must introduce it to Akonadi by using "Akonadi Settings". which I can't find on my system. I do find "Akonadi Resource Configuration", which has inter alia TWO icons called "Personal Contacts", both of which are said to be "Ready". Opening either of these reveals a small window with a field containing the directory name "/home/user/.local/share/contacts/". There is no "Next" or "Continue" button.

What do I do now?

I've got a bit further.

imported my address book as an LDIF file, and configured the Personal
Contacts resource, choosing the Akonadi option as standard (although I
can't find now where I made that choice). I accepted the default
resource location as ~/.local/share/contacts. The addressbook now works,
and is accessible from kmail, so I should be happy. I am not, because
several facts confuse me, and I don't understand why it works at all.

1) There is nothing in directory ~/.local/share/contacts other than a
file called "WARNING_README.txt".

2) The file ~/.kde4/share/apps/kabc/std.vcf is empty.

The Akonadi Confiuration shows that the Akonadi server is running, and
the test button shows that all is well.

Where is the resource? Why does the addressbook work at all?

3) The KDE Userbase says that there should be an Akonadi icon in the System
Tray, but there isn't, even when I Show Hidden Icons. System Tray
Settings > Entries doesn't offer it, nor does it suggest a way to add
it. How can I do that?