[Digikam-devel] [digikam] [Bug 351603] New: Splash screen hangs and disappears when loading network albums

[Frédéric]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351603

            Bug ID: 351603
           Summary: Splash screen hangs and disappears when loading
                    network albums
           Product: digikam
           Version: 4.12.0
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: digikam-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: Frederic.patin at gmail.com

Dear All,

I'm using a network share (samba) to store all my photos (over 20,000 in 200
directories). 
When I indicate to Digikam the path to this share as one of my album locations,
the "findNewItems" process starts.

I can see that digikam is busy with referencing all the new images in its
database but it seems to take ages and there is no progress bar. After 15
minutes I give up because I have no indication that this process will end
successfully somehow.

If I restart the program from there, the splash screen will just hang and if I
click on it, it disappears. The digikam process is still running though but
nothing indicates to the user what is the progress on that task.

I think that a good idea would be to show a popup window with the proress of
the findNewItems task. If the user interrupts this task by closing the popup
window, digikam will restart its database synchronization next time your
restart. 

Cheers,

Fred




Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Add a network share to the digikam album paths (preferably over 10,000
photos)
2. Restart Digikam
3. Wait and/or click on the splash screen

Actual Results:  
The splash screen disappears. 
The program hangs in this state for more than 30 minutes.

Expected Results:  
Show a progress dialog on the scanning of the network share

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