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<div>I have completed the steps as outlined below; a totally fresh install.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The log file shows several .dll files that are not loaded. I don't understand why that is</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I also don't understand why the first thing that happens when DigiKam loads is an attempt to access the "A" drive (floppy).</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The activity that I am working on is with the Image Editor to straighten print scans that are crooked, deleting the original, & renaming to the original file name. The last entries in the log file refer to those activities Including errors with Exiv2. I don't understand the impact of those entries.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">DigiKam loads properly, as far as I can tell. And it remains responsive.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I have performed a few operations with metadata editing for changing dates, adding additional info (comments, lighting, etc.) & there doesn't seem to be any entries in the log to refer to these operations. I assume that there are no issues there.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Anything you can tell me that will help me to optimize DigiKam is always appreciated. Thank you for your help. I would like to see an error-free log file. I will continue to ocassionally record the log file. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Gratefully, Nadine H</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div>
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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> Saturday, March 25, 2023 2:56 AM<br><b>Cc:</b> digikam-users@kde.org <digikam-users@kde.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding<div> </div></font></div>Hi Nadine,
<br>
<br>This best way to investigate and solve your problem will be to follow
<br>the the online documentation instructions to :
<br>
<br>1/ Backup all configuration files from digiKam.
<br>
<br>https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installation.html#configuration-files
<br>
<br>2/ Backup your database files.
<br>
<br>https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/database_settings.html#the-sqlite-database
<br>
<br>3/ Uninstall digiKam from your computer (C:/program Files/digiKam/
<br>must disappear if you installed the application at this place).
<br>
<br>4/ Re-install digiKam 7.10.0.
<br>
<br>5/ Launch the application and see if it can be started properly.
<br>
<br>Best
<br>
<br>Gilles Caulier
<br>
<br>Le jeu. 23 mars 2023 à 07:40, Gilles Caulier
<br><caulier.gilles@gmail.com> a écrit :
<br>>
<br>> Hi Nadine,
<br>>
<br>> Sorry for the delay. I will try to respond to you in detail this
<br>> evening. I'm busy in my office currently...
<br>>
<br>> Best regards
<br>>
<br>> Gilles Caulier
<br>>
<br>> Le lun. 20 mars 2023 à 23:54, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn@comcast.net> a écrit :
<br>> >
<br>> > Mail, I want you to know that I appreciate you & Gilles more than you can know. I am trying to understand what has happened here & even more so to fix my DigiKam.
<br>> >
<br>> > Correct me if I am wrong:
<br>> > The "Invalid escape sequence ... " messages are concerning screen formatting.
<br>> >
<br>> > So if these lines in the digikamrc file are in error, what should they be?
<br>> >
<br>> > My initial issue with DigiKam "not responding" began while I was using 7.7.0. I have been using that version, I believe, since before December 2022. I upgraded to 7.9.0 a few days ago in an attempt to solve the "not responding" issue. As you can see, that didn't work. When Gilles asked for Debug logs, I installed the debug version of 7.9.0. I have not installed any version of 8.x.x.
<br>> >
<br>> > I'm not understanding why the log shows errors with loading plug-ins. The plug-ins appear to be located in the appropriate locations.
<br>> >
<br>> > What is the best way for me to resolve my situation? How do I correct the functionality of the digikamrc config file? How can I make DigiKam find the plug-ins? What version of DigiKam is best for me to use?
<br>> >
<br>> > As always, thank you so much,
<br>> >
<br>> > Nadine H
<br>> >
<br>> > ________________________________
<br>> > From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces@kde.org> on behalf of Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin@gmail.com>
<br>> > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2023 11:58 PM
<br>> > To: digikam-users@kde.org <digikam-users@kde.org>
<br>> > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
<br>> >
<br>> > The wrong entries in the config file come from an (older) KXMLGui. When writing
<br>> > window positions, the monitor name and more should be used. Since the monitor
<br>> > device names were not always resolved under Windows, but also under Wayland,
<br>> > the sprintf placeholders were written as config keys.
<br>> >
<br>> > Some plugins not loading looks like a mix of digiKam-7/8 in the system.
<br>> >
<br>> > Maik
<br>> >
<br>> > Am Montag, 20. März 2023, 07:04:43 CET schrieb Gilles Caulier:
<br>> > > 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
<br>> > > > failures. My virus protection is up to date. But no matter.
<br>> > > The SSD is a removable one or installed on your computer ?
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Did you install more than one digiKam version on your computer ? didi
<br>> > > you use only the official installer from the 7.x digiKamorg web site
<br>> > > or did you try the 8.0.0 pre release installer ?
<br>> > >
<br>> > > > The question now is how do I recover or replace those files to make it
<br>> > > > work again?
<br>> > > For the binary files, a re-install of digiKam must solve the problem
<br>> > > if the same location is used to install and replace the old one.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > For the config file (which is a text INI file), did you backup all
<br>> > > files listed in online doc :
<br>> > >
<br>> > > https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installationhtml#configuration-> files
<br>> > >
<br>> > > If not, do it, and send me by mail an archive for investigation.
<br>> > >
<br>> > > > You are a treasure,
<br>> > >
<br>> > > (:=)))
<br>> > > Best regards
<br>> > >
<br>> > > Gilles
<br>> > >
<br>> > > > Nadine H
<br>> > > >
<br>> > > > ________________________________
<br>> > > > From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces@kde.org> on behalf of Gilles
<br>> > > > Caulier <caulier.gilles@gmail.com> 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
<br>> > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_Assigncaptions_Plugin.dll: The
<br>> > > > 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
<br>> > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_AssignLabels_Plugin.dll: The
<br>> > > > 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
<br>> > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_ConvertToAVIF_Plugin.dll: The
<br>> > > > 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
<br>> > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_ConvertToJXL_Plugin.dll: The
<br>> > > > 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
<br>> > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_ConvertToWEBP_Plugin.dll: The
<br>> > > > 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
<br>> > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_QualitySort_Plugindll: The
<br>> > > > 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
<br>> > > > 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_Plugin.dll"
<br>> > > > 00000019 7.84661818 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
<br>> > > > C:\\Program
<br>> > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\generic\\Generic_TextConverter_Plugin.d
<br>> > > > ll: 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
<br>> > écrit :
<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>> > > > > Le dim. 19 mars 2023 à 10:02, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn@comcastnet> a
<br>> > écrit :
<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
<br>> > > > > > the same with DebugView.
<br>> > > > > >
<br>> > > > > > It doesn't seem to matter what operation I request. In this case it
<br>> > > > > > was just to assign a color label to an image. It is a .tif scan of a
<br>> > > > > > drawing. The progress bar stays at 0% & I have to force close
<br>> > > > > > 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
<br>> > > > > > Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, March 19,
<br>> > > > > > 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
<br>> > écrit :
<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
<br>> > > > > > > more than a year since the last time it broke, and I can't remember
<br>> > > > > > > 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
<br>> > > > > > > DigiKam 7.7.0 to 7.9.0 to see if that would fix the problem. It did
<br>> > > > > > > not. I had to manually update exiftool from 1242 to 12.58.
<br>> > > > > > >
<br>> > > > > > >
<br>> > > > > > > Symptom: adding tags to images appears to work, but the progress bar
<br>> > > > > > > for "Writing metadata to file:" stays at 0% and never finishes
<br>> > > > > > > Thumbnail images don't display. Images can be seen in preview.
<br>> > > > > > > DigiKam app says it is not responding.
<br>> > > > > > >
<br>> > > > > > >
<br>> > > > > > > Efforts: rebooted Windows. Restored database files to previous
<br>> > > > > > > version (only two days ago was available).
<br>> > > > > > >
<br>> > > > > > >
<br>> > > > > > > Have I corrupted the database files? Can I get Digikam to rebuild
<br>> > > > > > > them? Are all 4-5 of them compromised? What is my best course of
<br>> > > > > > > action?
<br>> > > > > > >
<br>> > > > > > >
<br>> > > > > > > Thanks for all of your collective knowledge & assistance.
<br>> > > > > > >
<br>> > > > > > > Nadine H
<br>> >
<br>> >
<br>> >
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