Right. So, I think this report may have been a bit of a mix of different issue causes. There is a number of things that can cause Akonadi to fail to start. One of them apparently has to do with the graphics driver (oddly enough). Since some of you reported problems regardless of driver version and others suggested that a down/upgrade resolved the issue I am left to assume that not everyone is having the same cause although the result is the same (akonadi not starting, error dialog coming up and so forth).
Talking about different things at the same time is not very helpful so I am going to close this bug report as invalid in accordance with the upstream report that indicates that the nvidia driver versions available in 13.10 should not cause any problems (please also make sure that you do not use a PPA with unoffical driver versions - such as the xorg edgers PPA). Everyone who has Akonadi startup problems even with a supposed to be working version of the nvidia driver or a whole different driver to begin with, please report new bugs at bugs.kde.org using the Akonadi error dialog. They may look like the same bug but really they are not and warrant investigation on their own. Thanks all. ** Changed in: akonadi (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid ** Summary changed: - After Upgrade to Kubuntu 13.10 akondai fails to register at d-bus session, making kde-pim suit unusable + Akonadi fails to start with nvidia binary drivers installed -- 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: Akonadi fails to start with nvidia binary drivers installed Status in Akonadi - The PIM Storage Service: Won't Fix Status in “akonadi” package in Ubuntu: Invalid 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