[Digikam-devel] [digikam] /: On Linux, use Inotify directly for file notification changes

[Gilles Caulier]

Please report these information to digiKam bugzilla please.

Gilles Caulier

2011/12/18 brad <bkn at ithryn.net>:
> On Monday, November 07, 2011 11:06:29 PM Marcel Wiesweg wrote:
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>> Git commit dcf2ba9d7e92d51b049bdd354f82ddbf75e51a31 by Marcel Wiesweg.
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>> Committed on 07/11/2011 at 22:47.
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>> Pushed by mwiesweg into branch 'master'.
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>> On Linux, use Inotify directly for file notification changes
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>> Use Sebastian Trueg's KInotify wrapper, if Inotify is available.
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>> This gives much more detailed reports and especially info when a file
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>> has been closed after write. For a detailed explanation, see
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>>
>> http://trueg.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/taking-a-break-from-crash-fixing-for-u
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>> sability/ Separate the file watch code from AlbumManager to a new class,
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>> AlbumWatch. Do not watch directories recursively (convenient API, but
>> often
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>> inefficient implementation out of our reach). We scan the directories
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>> anyway, it is possible and efficient to add each directory = album
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>> separately.
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>> If Inotify is not available (non-linux), the previous code based on
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>> KDirWatch and KIO is still used.
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> Sorry to chime in on this a month and a half late. I'm just getting around
> to building digikam on OS X again. It appears that this addition to digikam
> is causing problems on OS X. Above, it is stated that this should on effect
> linux; however this appears to be triggering an old QT but in OS X. There is
> a bug report, which is 'fixed' with code that still appears to trigger there
> error
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>
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> here's the old bug report -- supposed to have been fix in 4.7:
> https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com//browse/QTBUG-2478
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> Now when i run digikam, i am seeing only thumbnails that are cached but
> can't access any pictures (i get an error, can't load file) in my albums and
> constantly getting the following error (reported in the above bug report):
>
>
>   QKqueueFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: open: Too many open files in
> system
>   QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /Volumes/Home
> Directory/Pictures/Saved pictures/Pic0193.jpg
>   QKqueueFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: open: Too many open files in
> system
>   QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /Volumes/Home
> Directory/Pictures/Saved pictures/Pic0194.jpg
>   QKqueueFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: open: Too many open files in
> system
>   QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /Volumes/Home
> Directory/Pictures/Saved pictures/Pic0195.jpg
>   QKqueueFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: open: Too many open files in
> system
>   QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /Volumes/Home
> Directory/Pictures/Saved pictures/Pic0200.jpg
>   QKqueueFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: open: Too many open files in
> system
>   QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /Volumes/Home
> Directory/Pictures/Saved pictures/Pic0201.jpg
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> Is anyone else building digikam on OS X and seeing this error? Or is it just
> me?
> - brad
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