KDE Kontact Contacts only displays UID's - RESOLVED w/reinstall

[putz]

linuxgal,

Your solution would have kept me from a reinstall, but the end result still is that shared-mime-info-1.0 changes something that affected KAddressbook and Kontact, so the solution is as you accomplished, to keep shared-mime-info-0.71 until the issue is fixed.

I do know that I could not install Gramps on my reinstall because it now requires/depends on shared-mime-info-1.0. However, your method might be a stopgap for me.

I saw a post from Archie about the work on 64 bit having a shared-mime-info-0.9 that's working in that environment that they could use in the 32 bit.

Thanks,

putz

[linuxgal]

putz,
Yes, my solution would not suit everyone depending on their setup, but I hope it will help others in my situation - I had done the update already and couldn't find any other way to revert to the previous version of the package. Good luck and hope they create a fix that suits you soon.

[Sal]

Thanks for the link to where I could find the old package!!!
Since the issue came up I've been keeping my laptop locked to 0.71, but my main workstation tower install was hosed.
Grabbed the package and forced it's install and all is right with the world again here.
Hope this issue can get shook out, what's a desktop without it's address book?
Once again thank you kindly!
Cheers,
Sal

[sir_herrbatka]

I'm wonder if akonadi from KDE 4.8 also has this issue.

[Archie]

I'm wonder if akonadi from KDE 4.8 also has this issue.

The SMI-1.0 is working on the test KDE 4.8.3 64-bit. Akonadi and Nepomuk are better in terms of their CPU use and file indexing.

[sir_herrbatka]

Then we shall wait for KDE 4.8.3.

[Just17]

Sal,
        Is that you, after three and a half years?

Do we break out the fatted calf? 

[Sal]

Sal,
        Is that you, after three and a half years?

Do we break out the fatted calf? 

Hush, I'm running in Stealth mode.   
Sal

[GermanTux]

Then we shall wait for KDE 4.8.3.

Until 4.9 breaks it :-p

[menotu]

I'm wonder if akonadi from KDE 4.8 also has this issue.

The SMI-1.0 is working on the test KDE 4.8.3 64-bit. Akonadi and Nepomuk are better in terms of their CPU use and file indexing.

+1

It indexes much faster now.

Re KAddressbook I noticed updating directly from KDE 4.6.5 to 4.8.3 does introduce the "bug" but when upgrading from KDE 4.6.5 to 4.8.0 to 4.8.2 and then to 4.8.3 doesn't bring it in.

But this can be true with a lot of apps when "jumping" a version or two when upgrading.....

[menotu]

A little more on indexing - the following is from

http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/common-questions-on-akonadi-and-nepomuk-in-kde-pim-4-8/

Q. The performance of mail indexing is slow, how can it be improved?
A. There are different ways to achieve that:

Index only what you need. Right click on a folder, select Folder Properties, then the Maintenance tab, then “Disable fulltext indexing“: this will disable indexing for that specific folder;

Turn off email indexing altogether by unchecking the relevant option in System Settings, Desktop Search (only available from 4.8 and later);

Wait until initial indexing has completed. Indexing is completed when the akonadi_nepomuk_feederrc file in your KDEHOME/share/config directory (KDEHOME is usually .kde or .kde4) contains the following:


[InitialIndexing]
IndexCompatLevel=3

Locate the akonadi_nepomuk_feederrc file and change DisableIdleDetection to true:

[akonadi_nepomuk_feeder]
DisableIdleDetection=true

This will cause the feeder to keep on indexing regardless of idle status, increasing CPU usage significantly but on the long run reducing the time to complete indexing.

As a matter of fact, the real performance issue is the initial indexing, as it can take very long (days with large mailboxes), and is restarted if interrupted (i.e. because of a restart, not by sleep-mode or alike). Once initial indexing is over, performance will be significantly better.

The KDE PIM developers are aware of this problem and will work on a solution.

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The Akonadi Tray "module" is quite useful as it places an icon in the panel from where Akonadi can be Started / Stopped / Backed Up / Configured  (may need to make the icon visible from System Tray Settings

[kjpetrie]

This issue has just caught up with me in the last few days, though the upgrade actually occurred on 25th April! Evidently, I don't open Kaddressbook very often on my main machine.

Linuxgal's solution applied and pinned until further notice.

[TNTman]

My thanks to linuxgal, this tip has just saved my day!

I fixed this the dirty way by locating the old package shared-mime-info-0.71-1pclos2010.i586.rpm on http://rpm.pbone.net and forced an install (rpm -ivh --force shared-mime-info-0.71-1pclos2010.i586.rpm) having to revert to skills almost lost in the mists of time with the ease and luxury of package managers.

After a relogin all appears well with kaddressbook, though who knows I may yet spend the next few days gnashing teeth as I find everything else is broken and have to reinstall
   

TNTman

[kjpetrie]

Be aware KDE4.8.3 is just round the corner and this might break that upgrade when it comes. Much Kmail stuff will change at that point and you might find these problems dwarfed by what happens then. I have now abandoned Kmail for something I hope will be more robust in the long term.

[Bernd]

KDE 4.8.3 will solve the problem
But with kmail and 4.8.3 you will have problems when viewing html mails from groupon (e.g. groupon.com). Then kmail simply crashes   
I will use Thunderbird for a while and maybe this becomes my new friend 

Bernd