sofasurfer Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 I just installed Mandriva 2006 LE. When configuring Kmail, either by opening Kmail or Kontact, the progam seems to freeze up when I click on the button to 'APPLY' the POP and SMTP configurations. So I click the 'X' to close the program, the program closes, after a long pause, and needless to say, I have not successfully configured the mail. When I say that it freezes I mean that the 'APPLY' button remains in the 'clicked' position and nothing happens when I click on anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Did you do a clean install of Mandriva 2006 or did you upgrade? Did you have an existing .kde folder for an existing user or is it a completely new user. If it is an upgrade do a new install (don't format the /home partition that is where all your files are (ofcourse only is you keep your files in /home)). If you have an old .kde folder, rename it to .kde.bak and login again. If it works copy the files from .kde.bak to the new .kde folder. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofasurfer Posted March 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Did you do a clean install of Mandriva 2006 or did you upgrade? It was a completelly new install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Do you have a file ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc ? There must be a section in it named [Account 1] or so. Pass here its contents (removing your personal details). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofasurfer Posted April 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Do you have a file ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc ?Pass here its contents (removing your personal details). Here is my kmailrc file.... [$Version] update_info=kmail.upd:1,kmail.upd:4,kmail.upd:5,kmail.upd:6,kmail.upd:7,kmail.up d:8,kmail.upd:9, kmail.upd:3.1-update-identities,kmail.upd:3.1-use-identity-uoids,kmail.upd:3.1-new-mail-notification, kmail.upd:3.2-update-loop-on-goto-unread-settings,kmail.upd:3.1.4-dont-use-UOID-0-for-any-identity, kmail.upd:3.2-misc,kmail.upd:3.2-moves,kmail.upd:3.3-use-ID-for-accounts,kmail.upd: 3.3-move-identities-to-own-file,kmail.upd:3.3-aegypten-kpgprc-to-kmailrc,kmail.upd:3.3-misc, kmail.upd:3.3b1-misc,kmail.upd:3.4,kmail.upd:3.4a,kmail.upd:3.4b,kmail.upd:3.4.1, kmail.upd:3.3-update-filter-rules [Composer] pref-charsets=us-ascii,iso-8859-1,locale,utf-8 previous-identity= [Folder-drafts] Compactable=true ContentsType=0 Current=-1 CurrentSerialNum=0 ExpireAction=Delete ExpireMessages=false ExpireToFolder= Id=225998968 Identity=0 IgnoreNewMail=false MailingListArchiveAddress= MailingListEnabled=false MailingListFeatures=0 MailingListHandler=0 MailingListHelpAddress= MailingListId= MailingListPostingAddress= MailingListSubscribeAddress= MailingListUnsubscribeAddress= NormalIconPath= OrderOfArrival=true PutRepliesInSameFolder=false ReadExpireAge=3 ReadExpireUnits=3 SortColumn=3 Status=false SystemLabel= Top=-1 TotalMsgs=0 UnreadExpireAge=12 UnreadExpireUnits=0 UnreadIconPath= UnreadMsgs=0 UseCustomIcons=false WhoField= htmlLoadExternalOverride=false htmlMailOverride=false isOpen=false threadMessagesBySubject=true threadMessagesOverride=false [Folder-inbox] Compactable=true ContentsType=0 Current=0 CurrentSerialNum=1 ExpireAction=Delete ExpireMessages=false ExpireToFolder= Id=1271231030 Identity=0 IgnoreNewMail=false MailingListArchiveAddress= MailingListEnabled=false MailingListFeatures=0 MailingListHandler=0 MailingListHelpAddress= MailingListId= MailingListPostingAddress= MailingListSubscribeAddress= MailingListUnsubscribeAddress= NormalIconPath= OrderOfArrival=true PutRepliesInSameFolder=false ReadExpireAge=3 ReadExpireUnits=3 SortColumn=3 Status=false SystemLabel= Top=0 TotalMsgs=1 UnreadExpireAge=12 UnreadExpireUnits=0 UnreadIconPath= UnreadMsgs=0 UseCustomIcons=false WhoField= htmlLoadExternalOverride=false htmlMailOverride=false isOpen=false threadMessagesBySubject=true threadMessagesOverride=false [Folder-outbox] Compactable=true ContentsType=0 Current=-1 CurrentSerialNum=0 ExpireAction=Delete ExpireMessages=false ExpireToFolder= Id=285016310 Identity=0 IgnoreNewMail=false MailingListArchiveAddress= MailingListEnabled=false MailingListFeatures=0 MailingListHandler=0 MailingListHelpAddress= MailingListId= MailingListPostingAddress= MailingListSubscribeAddress= MailingListUnsubscribeAddress= NormalIconPath= OrderOfArrival=true PutRepliesInSameFolder=false ReadExpireAge=3 ReadExpireUnits=3 SortColumn=3 Status=false SystemLabel= Top=-1 TotalMsgs=0 UnreadExpireAge=12 UnreadExpireUnits=0 UnreadIconPath= UnreadMsgs=0 UseCustomIcons=false WhoField= htmlLoadExternalOverride=false htmlMailOverride=false isOpen=false threadMessagesBySubject=true threadMessagesOverride=false [Folder-sent-mail] Compactable=true ContentsType=0 Current=-1 CurrentSerialNum=0 ExpireAction=Delete ExpireMessages=false ExpireToFolder= Id=2033764559 Identity=0 IgnoreNewMail=false MailingListArchiveAddress= MailingListEnabled=false MailingListFeatures=0 MailingListHandler=0 MailingListHelpAddress= MailingListId= MailingListPostingAddress= MailingListSubscribeAddress= MailingListUnsubscribeAddress= NormalIconPath= OrderOfArrival=true PutRepliesInSameFolder=false ReadExpireAge=3 ReadExpireUnits=3 SortColumn=3 Status=false SystemLabel= Top=-1 TotalMsgs=0 UnreadExpireAge=12 UnreadExpireUnits=0 UnreadIconPath= UnreadMsgs=0 UseCustomIcons=false WhoField= htmlLoadExternalOverride=false htmlMailOverride=false isOpen=false threadMessagesBySubject=true threadMessagesOverride=false [Folder-trash] Compactable=true ContentsType=0 Current=-1 CurrentSerialNum=0 ExpireAction=Delete ExpireMessages=false ExpireToFolder= Id=1936186458 Identity=0 IgnoreNewMail=false MailingListArchiveAddress= MailingListEnabled=false MailingListFeatures=0 MailingListHandler=0 MailingListHelpAddress= MailingListId= MailingListPostingAddress= MailingListSubscribeAddress= MailingListUnsubscribeAddress= NormalIconPath= OrderOfArrival=true PutRepliesInSameFolder=false ReadExpireAge=3 ReadExpireUnits=3 SortColumn=3 Status=false SystemLabel= Top=-1 TotalMsgs=0 UnreadExpireAge=12 UnreadExpireUnits=0 UnreadIconPath= UnreadMsgs=0 UseCustomIcons=false WhoField= htmlLoadExternalOverride=false htmlMailOverride=false isOpen=false threadMessagesBySubject=true threadMessagesOverride=false [Folder_local_root] isOpen=true [Folder_search] isOpen=true [General] Recent Addresses= accounts=0 filters=0 first-start=false folders=$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail popfilters=0 popshowDLmsgs=false previous-version=1.8.2 showAttachmentColumn=false showCryptoColumn=false showImportantColumn=false showMessageSize=false showReceiverColumn=false showSignedColumn=false showSpamHamColumn=false showStatusColumn=false showWatchedIgnoredColumn=false [Geometry] ColumnOrder=0 ColumnWidths=248 FolderPaneWidth=250 HeaderPaneHeight=144 HeaderPaneWidth=425 Identity Dialog size=597,441 MainWin=682,430 ReaderPaneHeight=149 SortAscending=true SortColumn=0 TotalColumn=-1 UnreadColumn=-1 folderTree=218 AutomaticDetectionLanguage=0 [Header-Geometry]ColumnOrder=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11ColumnWidths=310,170,170,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0SortAscending=trueSortColumn=2 [internal]MsgDictSizeHint=1PreviousNewFeaturesMD5=lwDASbusv7rDd0DHVB5rGA== [Main Window]Height 768=512Width 1024=682 [MimePartTree]ColumnOrder=0,1,2,3ColumnWidths=150,139,75,44SortAscending=trueSortColumn=-1 [Reader]attachment-strategy=smartheader-set-displayed=richheader-style=fancyshowColorbar=trueuseFixedFont=false [searchDialog]DateWidth=120FolderWidth=100SearchWidgetHeight=487SearchWidgetWidth=689SenderWidth=120SubjectWidth=150 [startup]update-level=20 [sending mail]Immediate=trueQuoted-Printable=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofasurfer Posted April 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Sure wish someone would answer this so I can get my mail :') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelcole Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Never seen this problem or got a real idea but have you upgraded the packages after the install. This may fix the problem it may be related to one of the libs, not actually kmail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Did you check the permissions of the file you posted? And yes, there is no "account" section. You could create it by hand, but check the file permissions first (or try deleting it completely and running kmail again). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofasurfer Posted April 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Did you check the permissions of the file you posted? Yes. Root can read and write. I added myself as user and it made no differance. And yes, there is no "account" section. You could create it by hand Would I simply add a line that says 'account 1'? Anything more than that and I would need advice. (or try deleting it .completely and running kmail again). I think I'll uninstall kmail and then delete the above file and then reinstall kmail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofasurfer Posted April 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Solved!!! I remembered my /home backup from my old 10.1 system. I compared its mailrc file with the one on my current 2006 system...Completely differant. So I rename my present mailrc file to mailrctemp and then copied my old file into my present system. I then fired up kmail and the first thing that happened was that it worked!!! So, someone needs to find out why, when I install mandriva 2006 I get a disfunctional mailrc file. Has anyone else had this happen? Is that file loaded as is during install or is it created in the install process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofasurfer Posted April 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Not solve, but acceptable. I did get my kmail configured by taking the kmailrc file from my old system (10.1) and copying it to 2006. However, I still am not able to operate the configuration of kmail through normal proceedures. The config window freezes up when I hit the accept button. Anywho, I install Thunderbird and kmail is outa here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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