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KOrganizer Data Migration

Problem description

If your client was updated from Debian Squeeze (6.0) to Debian Wheezy (7) and all your KOrganizer events disappeared after the migration, or if you are a new KOrganizer user and you cannot get KOrganizer to work (e.g. KOrganizer notifies you about being unable to store a new event or about being unable to read the calendar file), you should read the following instructions.

Steps to a working KOrganizer

  1. Make sure, KOrganizer and its components are not running. After you closed KOrganizer, kill all dangling processes like korganizer and korgac: 

     pkill korg

  2. If you alredy used KOrganizer, move your calendar file, e.g. 

     mv $HOME/.kde/share/apps/korganizer/std.ics $HOME/.kde/share/apps/korganizer/old.ics

  3. Run  /usr/bin/akonadiconsole , The screen looks as follows:

  4. akonadiconsole.jpg

  5. In the menu, head to "Server", and choose "Stop server". Leave the akonadiconsole dialog open.

  6. Cleanup your KDE profile. CAUTION: backup all files to be removed, as you might loose application settings and -data if you were already using KDE applications before. You might skip this step and try to start with the next step, it might work too. If it doesn't, you should try the cleanup: 

     /usr/bin/akonadictl stop
 rm -rf $HOME/.kde/share/config/akonadi*
 rm -rf $HOME/.kde/share/config/kresources
 rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/akonadi
 rm -rf $HOME/.config/akonadi
  7. Back in the akonadiconsole, head to the menu "Server", and choose "Start server". Then open the tab "Agents" in the akonadiconsole dialog.

  8. If there is not yet an item in the list called "Personal Calendar", click the button [Add...], the following box appears (if the "Personal Calendar" entry is already there skip this step).

  9. akonadiconsole-add.jpg

  10. Choose 'Ical Calendar File'. Do not choose ICal Calendar Folder!

  11. Now the "Personal Calendar" item should appear in the list of the first dialog (Tab "Agents" in the "Akonadi Console" main dialog).
  12. To edit the calendar's settings, mark the "Personal Calendar" item in the list and click the "Configure..." button at the bottom of the dialog. The following window will appear:

  13. personalcal.jpg

  14. Edit the path so it points to the location where you put your current std.ics file (please make a backup of std.ics before you set the path to that file here - sometimes it happens that the file is truncated...)

  15. Now it's time to start KOrganizer. Usually, the new "Personal Calendar" resource won't appear, because it is not selected to be shown. personalcal.jpg

  16. Thus, you must initially enable the "Personal Calendar" by means of the checkbox in the bottom-left corner of the window.

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