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<div> </div><hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex="-1"><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces@kde.org> on behalf of Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles@gmail.com><br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 19, 2023 11:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> digikam-users@kde.org <digikam-users@kde.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding<div> </div></font></div>Le lun. 20 mars 2023 à 01:32, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn@comcast.net> a écrit :
<br>>
<br>> Thank you, Gilles
<br>>
<br>> All of those files are on an SSD that does not appear to have any failures. My virus protection is up to date. But no matter.
<br>
<br></div><div>The SSD is a removable one or installed on your computer ?
<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- the SSD is the primary system drive</div><div>
<br>Did you install more than one digiKam version on your computer ? didi
<br>you use only the official installer from the 7.x digiKam.org web site
<br></div><div>or did you try the 8.0.0 pre release installer ?
<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- after I noticed issues with not responding, I downloaded and installed the official 7.9.0 from digikam.org. This replaced 7.7.0. When you requested the log files, I downloaded and installed the debug version of 7.9.0 from digikam.org. I have not done anything with 8.0.0.</div><div>
<br>>
<br>> The question now is how do I recover or replace those files to make it work again?
<br>
<br>For the binary files, a re-install of digiKam must solve the problem
<br></div><div>if the same location is used to install and replace the old one.
<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- as stated above, that has been done twice now.</div><div>
<br>For the config file (which is a text INI file), did you backup all
<br></div><div>files listed in online doc :
<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- is this the digikamrc file?</div><div>
<br>https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installation.html#configuration-files
<br>
<br></div><div>If not, do it, and send me by mail an archive for investigation.
<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- I will do this very soon. Thanks again so much! Nadine H</div><div>
<br>>
<br>> You are a treasure,
<br>
<br>(:=)))
<br>Best regards
<br>
<br>Gilles
<br>
<br>
<br>>
<br>> Nadine H
<br>>
<br>> ________________________________
<br>> From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces@kde.org> on behalf of Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles@gmail.com>
<br>> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2023 3:02 PM
<br>> To: digikam-users@kde.org <digikam-users@kde.org>
<br>> Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
<br>>
<br>> Hi,
<br>>
<br>> I see 2 problems from the log. first one is the most important:
<br>>
<br>> 00000025 297.93386841 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
<br>> file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1296: " "Invalid
<br>> escape sequence \"\\D\"."
<br>> 00000026 297.93399048 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
<br>> file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1334: " "Invalid
<br>> escape sequence \"\\.\"."
<br>> 00000027 297.93405151 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
<br>> file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1334: " "Invalid
<br>> escape sequence \"\\I\"."
<br>> 00000028 297.93411255 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
<br>> file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1335: " "Invalid
<br>> escape sequence \"\\S\"."
<br>> 00000029 1974.45385742 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
<br>> file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1294: " "Invalid
<br>> escape sequence \"\\D\"."
<br>> 00000030 1974.45385742 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
<br>> file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1296: " "Invalid
<br>> escape sequence \"\\D\"."
<br>> 00000031 1974.45385742 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
<br>> file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1299: " "Invalid
<br>> escape sequence \"\\D\"."
<br>> 00000032 1974.45410156 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
<br>> file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1301: " "Invalid
<br>> escape sequence \"\\D\"."
<br>> 00000033 1974.45410156 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
<br>> file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1337: " "Invalid
<br>> escape sequence \"\\.\"."
<br>> 00000034 1974.45422363 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
<br>> file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1337: " "Invalid
<br>> escape sequence \"\\I\"."
<br>> 00000035 1974.45422363 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
<br>> file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1338: " "Invalid
<br>> escape sequence \"\\P\"."
<br>> Your digikamrc file is corrupted. this one hosts all settings,
<br>> including the collections. I don't know how you arrives at this stage,
<br>> but this can explain why digiKam fails to run.
<br>>
<br>> Look also the second one :
<br>>
<br>> 00000004 4.03615141 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load the
<br>> following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam external
<br>> plugin: "C:/Program
<br>> Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_Assigncaptions_Plugin.dll"
<br>> 00000005 4.03615141 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
<br>> C:\\Program Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_Assigncaptions_Plugin.dll:
<br>> The specified procedure could not be found."
<br>> 00000006 4.06181002 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load the
<br>> following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam external
<br>> plugin: "C:/Program
<br>> Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_AssignLabels_Plugin.dll"
<br>> 00000007 4.06181002 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
<br>> C:\\Program Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_AssignLabels_Plugin.dll:
<br>> The specified procedure could not be found."
<br>> 00000008 4.37046480 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load the
<br>> following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam external
<br>> plugin: "C:/Program
<br>> Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_ConvertToAVIF_Plugin.dll"
<br>> 00000009 4.37046480 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
<br>> C:\\Program Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_ConvertToAVIF_Plugin.dll:
<br>> The specified procedure could not be found."
<br>> 00000010 4.50869894 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load the
<br>> following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam external
<br>> plugin: "C:/Program
<br>> Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_ConvertToJXL_Plugin.dll"
<br>> 00000011 4.50869894 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
<br>> C:\\Program Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_ConvertToJXL_Plugin.dll:
<br>> The specified procedure could not be found."
<br>> 00000012 4.62113047 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load the
<br>> following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam external
<br>> plugin: "C:/Program
<br>> Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_ConvertToWEBP_Plugin.dll"
<br>> 00000013 4.62113047 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
<br>> C:\\Program Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_ConvertToWEBP_Plugin.dll:
<br>> The specified procedure could not be found."
<br>> 00000014 4.92783213 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load the
<br>> following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam external
<br>> plugin: "C:/Program
<br>> Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_QualitySort_Plugin.dll"
<br>> 00000015 4.92783213 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
<br>> C:\\Program Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_QualitySort_Plugin.dll:
<br>> The specified procedure could not be found."
<br>> 00000016 5.15791130 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load the
<br>> following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam external
<br>> plugin: "C:/Program
<br>> Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_Translate_Plugin.dll"
<br>> 00000017 5.15791130 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
<br>> C:\\Program Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_Translate_Plugindll:
<br>> The specified procedure could not be found."
<br>> 00000018 7.84661818 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load the
<br>> following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam external
<br>> plugin: "C:/Program
<br>> Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/generic/Generic_TextConverter_Plugindll"
<br>> 00000019 7.84661818 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
<br>> C:\\Program Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\generic\\Generic_TextConverter_Plugin.dll:
<br>> The specified procedure could not be found."
<br>>
<br>> plugins binary files from digiKam are corrupted. How is it possible ?
<br>> Hard drive failure ? virus ???
<br>>
<br>> Best
<br>>
<br>> Gilles Caulier
<br>>
<br>> Le dim. 19 mars 2023 à 20:18, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn@comcastnet> a écrit :
<br>> >
<br>> > Did the file not come through?
<br>> >
<br>> > I try again.
<br>> >
<br>> > Nadine H
<br>> >
<br>> > ________________________________
<br>> > From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles@gmail.com>
<br>> > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2023 2:06 AM
<br>> > To: Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn@comcast.net>
<br>> > Cc: digikam-users@kde.org <digikam-users@kdeorg>
<br>> > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
<br>> >
<br>> > Hi Nadine,
<br>> >
<br>> > Download the "DebugView" program from Microsoft. This is what i mean.
<br>> >
<br>> > Run it before digiKam to catch debug traces from the application. It's
<br>> > explained on the "contribute" page from the project, in the "Freezes
<br>> > and Other Run-Time Issues/Windows" section...
<br>> >
<br>> > Gilles Caulier
<br>> >
<br>> >
<br>> >
<br>> > Le dim. 19 mars 2023 à 10:02, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn@comcastnet> a écrit :
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Hi, Gilles,
<br>> > >
<br>> > > I hope I have done this correctly.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > I have downloaded & installed the debug version of DigiKam 7.90 & done the same with DebugView.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > It doesn't seem to matter what operation I request. In this case it was just to assign a color label to an image. It is a .tif scan of a drawing. The progress bar stays at 0% & I have to force close DigiKam.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Let me know what else I need to do.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > The log file just confuses me.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Thank you, Gilles
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Nadine H
<br>> > >
<br>> > > ________________________________
<br>> > > From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces@kde.org> on behalf of Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles@gmail.com>
<br>> > > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2023 1:11 AM
<br>> > > To: digikam-users@kde.org <digikam-users@kde.org>
<br>> > > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Hi,
<br>> > >
<br>> > > It sounds like the metadata writing pipeline is locked somewhere.
<br>> > > Which kind of files do you want to tag exactly ?
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Also, we need to see the debug traces done in background while tag
<br>> > > operation. download Microsoft DebugView program, and run it before the
<br>> > > digiKam session. See here for details :
<br>> > >
<br>> > > https://www.digikam.org/contribute/
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Best
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Gilles Caulier
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Le dim. 19 mars 2023 à 01:42, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn@comcastnet> a écrit :
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > 18 March 2023
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > All right. I've broken DigiKam once again.
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > I wish I knew how I do this so I can avoid doing it It has been more than a year since the last time it broke, and I can't remember how to fix it. And I don't think it broke the same way.
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > I'm working in Windows 10 using SQLite. I recently updated from DigiKam 7.7.0 to 7.9.0 to see if that would fix the problem. It did not. I had to manually update exiftool from 12.42 to 12.58.
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > Symptom: adding tags to images appears to work, but the progress bar for "Writing metadata to file:" stays at 0% and never finishes Thumbnail images don't display. Images can be seen in preview. DigiKam app says it is not responding.
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > Efforts: rebooted Windows. Restored database files to previous version (only two days ago was available).
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > Have I corrupted the database files? Can I get Digikam to rebuild them? Are all 4-5 of them compromised? What is my best course of action?
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > Thanks for all of your collective knowledge & assistance.
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > Nadine H
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > >
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