Re: contacts and calendar items dissapeared

On Tuesday 07 April 2009 14:05:54 Adrian Dusa wrote:
> Dear kdepim list,
>
> Something happened and I have absolutely no explanation for: all of a
> sudden, all my contact details and all my calendar items (appointments,
> birthdays, recurring events etc) have completely dissapeared.
>
Which version of kontact are you using?

Check ~/.kde (or .kde4)/share/apps/kabc looking for std.vcf.  The numbered 
files there are backup ones, is of std.vcf is blank, rename std.vcf_1.  
Similarly, check the korganizer folder for std.ics.  This does not 
automatically backup, so it is wise to use your own backup solution for this.

> Fortunately, I have the healthy habbit of backing up my data regularly, and
> it happens that my most recent back-up has was made only three days ago so
> I didn't loose anything special, but really... what exactly could be the
> cause for that?
>
I've never seen it with korganizer.  An old version of the addressbook used to 
lose them regularly, and those backups saved my sanity more than once :-)

> And most importantly, what do I have to do (or perhaps *not* do) for this
> not to happen again?
>
Unless we can find some clue as to the cause, there's not much you can do, 
other than setting a cron job to backup the two files nightly.

> I opened my computer today, I even added one contact in the list, the
> computer has not been rebooted and I don't remember doing something
> relevant in particular for this to happen. All of a sudden, when I tried to
> check my calendar everything was completely erased, and so it happened with
> my contacts as well.
>
> Email is fine though.
> Could you please advice?

Hope that helps

Anne
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