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[Bob Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 03 Aug 2010 17:20:55 Will Stephenson wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 August 2010 18:04:31 Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > installed (upgraded)      akonadi-runtime-1.3.90-57.1.x86_64
> >
> >                           libakonadiprotocolinternals1-1.3.90-57.1.x86_64
> >
> > which reverted            kaddressbook-4.4.5-236.1.x86_64
> > to                        kaddressbook-4.4.5-234.2.x86_64
> >
> > but:  lost all addresses  :^(
>
> Did that solve the version mismatch errors?
>
> Data loss shouldn't be possible.  Worst case, Akonadi/KAddressbook is now
> not configured to display the user's data, but it's still in a std.vcf
> file somewhere.  Remember Akonadi is just a cache.
>
> Do the removal of the akonadi caches/setup step as outlined in my earlier
> mail again, with akonadi stopped.  The mysql_install_db step should no
> longer be necessary since the newer akonadi-runtime package does this for
> you.
>
> If the user did not have the addresses stored in ~/.local/share/contacts,
> KAddressbook won't have an address book setup by default that points at the
> correct location (it did, created by the migrator, but we blew that setup
> away by removing .config/akonadi).
>
> In kaddressbook, if it only shows Personal Contacts, File->New->Add Address
> Book.  The next step depends a little on how the user's existing contacts
> are stored.   I assume it's the < 4.4.0 default, all contacts in one vcard
> file somewhere.  Add an addressbook of the type "VCard File" and set its
> path to the vcard file - the default would be <user's home
> dir>/.kde4/share/apps/kabc/std.vcf .  Now the user will have an entry
> std.vcf in the Address Books column, click it and it should show the
> contacts.
>
> If it's not a vcard file, it's probably a vcard directory, use that
> addressbook type instead.
>
> HTH
>
> Will
>
> --
> Will Stephenson, KDE Developer, openSUSE Boosters Team
> SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus
> Rex

As the OP of this thread, I'm glad to see it marked as [SOLVED] but I think I 
lost the plot as to how to recover the missing categories in KDE 4.4.4 address 
Book.

Can someone summarise the necessary steps in simple language, please?

Bob
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