I can confirm this bug on Arch Linux with KDE 4.11.4. Killing akonadi_control, akonadiserver and mysqld processes and restarting akonadi afterwards let akonadi run fine until the next reboot :)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to akonadi in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245979 Title: After Upgrade to Kubuntu 13.10 akondai fails to register at d-bus session, making kde-pim suit unusable Status in Akonadi - The PIM Storage Service: Unknown Status in “akonadi” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Upon opening Kontact akonadi is supposed to be loaded but fails with the following error: Akonadi fails to register at d-bus session. I safed the self-test protocoll of the akonadi server and attached the report. I already deleted all my akonadi config files but it did not resolve the error. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/akonadi/+bug/1245979/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp