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I guess I went too far in an upgrade

I'm using a debian based system and have been upgrading my kde. I am now getting an error in kmail on an account that was working for me before.

Could not start process for newimap.

I've listed many of my installed kde packages below. I have been getting them from the unstable debian tree.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Steve

ii kontact 3.3.0-3 KDE pim application
ii kontact-plugin 3.2.3-2 plugins for Kontact, the KDE groupware clien
ii kmail 3.3.0-3 KDE Email client
ii kmailcvt 3.2.2-2 KDE KMail addressbook converter
ii kde 3.1.2 The K Desktop Environment
ii kde-amusements 3.1.2 The K Desktop Environment (Games and Toys)
ii kde-core 3.1.2 The K Desktop Environment (Core)
ii kde-theme-meta 0.2.0.1-2 Metallic family of themes for KDE
ii kdeaddons 3.2.3-2 add-on plugins and applets provided with KDE
ii kdeaddons-doc- 3.1.5-1 KDE add-ons documentation in HTML format
ii kdeaddons-kfil 3.2.3-2 KDE file dialog plugins for text files and f
ii kdeadmin 3.2.2-1 KDE Administration tools metapackage
ii kdeadmin-kfile 3.2.2-1 KDE File dialog plugins for deb and rpm file
ii kdeartwork 3.3.1-1 themes, styles and more from the official KD
ii kdeartwork-mis 3.3.1-1 various multimedia goodies released with KDE
ii kdeartwork-sty 3.3.1-1 widget styles released with KDE
ii kdeartwork-the 3.3.1-1 icon themes released with KDE
ii kdeartwork-the 3.3.1-1 window decoration themes released with KDE
ii kdebase 3.3.0a-1 KDE Base metapackage
ii kdebase-bin 3.3.0a-1 KDE Base (binaries)
ii kdebase-data 3.3.0a-1 KDE Base (shared data)
ii kdebase-kio-pl 3.3.0a-1 KDE I/O Slaves
ii kdeedu 3.2.3-2 educational apps from the official KDE relea
ii kdeedu-data 3.2.3-2 shared data for KDE educational applications
ii kdeedu-doc-htm 3.1.5-1 KDE edutainment documentation in HTML format
ii kdegames 3.2.3-1 KDE Games metapackage
ii kdegames-card- 3.1.5-1 Card decks for KDE games
ii kdegraphics 3.3.0-2 KDE Graphics metapackage
ii kdegraphics-kf 3.3.0-2 provide meta information for graphic files
ii kdelibs 3.3.1-1 KDE core libraries metapackage
ii kdelibs-bin 3.3.1-1 KDE core binaries
ii kdelibs-data 3.3.1-1 KDE core shared data
ii kdelibs4 3.3.1-1 KDE core libraries
ii kdelirc 3.3.0-1 KDE infrared control
ii kdemultimedia 3.3.0-1 KDE Multimedia metapackage
ii kdemultimedia- 3.3.0-1 Multimedia data for kappfinder
ii kdemultimedia- 3.3.0-1 au/avi/m3u/mp3/ogg/wav plugins for kfile
ii kdemultimedia- 3.3.0-1 Support for browsing audio CDs under Konquer
ii kdenetwork 3.3.0-2 KDE Network metapackage
ii kdenetwork-fil 3.3.0-2 KDE Network Filesharing Configuration
ii kdenetwork-kfi 3.1.5-1 KFile Email Plugin
ii kdepasswd 3.3.0a-1 KDE password changer
ii kdepim 3.2.2-2 KDE Personal Information Management metapack
ii kdepim-kfile-p 3.2.2-2 KDE File dialog plugins for vcf files
ii kdepim-kio-plu 3.2.2-2 KDE pim I/O Slaves
rc kdepim-libs 3.1.5-1 KDE PIM libraries
ii kdeprint 3.3.0a-1 KDE Print
ii kdesdk-kfile-p 3.2.3-2 KDE file dialog plugins for source and patch
ii kdesdk-misc 3.2.3-2 various goodies from the KDE Software Develo
ii kdesdk-scripts 3.2.3-2 a set of useful development scripts for KDE
ii kdesktop 3.3.0a-1 KDE Desktop
ii kdessh 3.3.0-1 KDE ssh frontend
ii kdetoys 3.2.3-3 toys from the official KDE release
ii kdetoys-doc-ht 3.1.5-2 KDE toys documentation in HTML format
ii kdeutils 3.3.0-1 KDE Utilities metapackage
ii kdevelop 2.1.5.1-7 An IDE for Unix/X11
ii kdevelop-data 2.1.5.1-7 Platform independent data files for the kdev
ii kdevelop-doc 2.1.5.1-4 Documentation for the kdevelop package
ii kdewallpapers 3.3.1-1 wallpapers released with KDE
ii kmilo 3.3.0-1 KDE kded hardware support module
ii libkdeedu1 3.2.3-2 library for use with KDE educational apps
ii libkdegames1 3.2.3-1 KDE games library and common files
ii libkdeedu1 3.2.3-2 library for use with KDE educational apps
ii libkdegames1 3.2.3-1 KDE games library and common files
ii libkdegst0.6 0.6.1-8 KDE bindings for GStreamer (shared libraries
ii libkdenetwork2 3.3.0-3 KDE Network library
ii libkdepim1 3.3.0-3 KDE PIM library

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Original von mart_k

Do you get the same error message if you enter the following url in the location bar: newimap://username@server/INBOX (where username and server should be replaced by your username and your server)?

Do you have an entry "newimap" in the kinfocenter->protocols list?

No, I don't have that in kinfocenter. Did you mean konqueror's location bar?

This error pops up in kmail, when I click on the one account that is an IMAP account. And I get that glass breaking sound. Haven't found where I turn off that sound either. My POP accounts work ok.

Thanks,
Steve

I can't find any newimap in my home directory area and locate returns:
> locate .protocol |grep imap
/usr/share/services/imap4.protocol
/usr/share/services/imaps.protocol

locate newimap does not return anything at all.

When kmail starts, the imap account is collapsed. The "+" is next to the folder. When I try to expand the folder, the error message pops up.

Steve

mart_k

You hit it right on the money. Thanks very much. Really appreciate the help.

I installed kdepim, using apt-get and got a bunch of other packages with it. Now it works.

IMHO, this may be the biggest problem with kde. Upgrading or installing. It is always a bear to upgrade. It appears some of the debian packages have some dependency problems.

Thanks again,
Steve