[Digikam-users] KDCraw hates me!

[Gilles Caulier]

2008/7/2 Paul Waldo <paul at waldoware.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> I am running Kubuntu Gutsy with the stock digikam installed.  I have built
> and installed digikam 0.9.4-rc1 in /usr/local.  I cannot edit raw images, as
> kdcraw is unable to decode the image.
>
> There seems to be two issues here:
>
> kdcraw run from within digikam fails, saying it can't decode the image.
> When I try to run the command manually, it seems to work fine!
> the new digikam is using the stock version in /usr/lib/libkdcraw3, rather
> than the one in /usr/local/lib/libkdcraw3.  This is not a big deal, as both
> are version 8.83.  I'd certainly like to rectify this for when the versions
> differ!
>
> Here are my environment settings:
>
> paul at aphrodite /usr/local/src/graphics/digikam-0.9.4-rc1
> $ env|grep /usr/local
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:
> KDEDIR=/usr/local:/usr
> PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/paul/bin
> MAN_PATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/local/man:
> PWD=/usr/local/src/graphics/digikam-0.9.4-rc1
> KDEDIRS=/usr/local:/usr
>
> Below is the (edited) output from running digikam then trying to edit a raw
> file.
>
> paul at aphrodite /usr/local/src/graphics/digikam-0.9.4-rc1
> $ which digikam
> /usr/local/bin/digikam
>
> paul at aphrodite /usr/local/src/graphics/digikam-0.9.4-rc1
> $ digikam
> X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 171
> [snip]
> digikam: ICC profiles repository is: color_management
> Found dcraw version: 8.83
> digikam: ScanLib: Finding non-existent Albums: 529 ms
> digikam: ScanLib: Finding items not in database: 27549 ms
> digikam: ScanLib: Updating items without a date: 18 ms
> digikam: KDirWatch method = INotify
> KIPI (loading): KIPI::PluginLoader: plugin KameraKlient is in the ignore
> list for host application
> KIPI (loading): KIPI::PluginLoader: Loaded plugin JPEGLossless
> [snip]
> digikam: ImagePlugin_Core plugin loaded
> digikam: ImagePluginLoader: Loaded plugin ImagePlugin_Core
> digikam: ImagePlugin_RainDrop plugin loaded
> [snip]
> digikam: Theme file loaded: /usr/local/share/apps/digikam/themes/Dreary
> digikam: /media/camera/2008-05-25/photo2008-05-25_10-56-06-000023.crw : RAW
> file identified
> Running RAW decoding command: /usr/lib/libkdcraw3/kdcraw -c -v -4 -h -H 0 -b
> 1 -w -q 0 -o 1 /media/camera/2008-05-25/photo2008-05-25_10-56-06-000023.crw
> RAW decoding StdErr: Loading Canon PowerShot G1 image from
> /media/camera/2008-05-25/photo2008-05-25_10-56-06-000023.crw ...
> RAW decoding StdErr: Scaling with darkness 22, saturation 1023, and
> multipliers 1.333333 1.210909 1.535758 1.000000
> RAW decoding StdErr: Converting to sRGB colorspace...
> RAW decoding StdErr: Writing data to standard output ...
> digikam: White Level: 8091
> digikam: White Point: 65535
> digikam: /media/camera/2008-05-25/photo2008-05-25_10-56-06-000023.crw : RAW
> file identified
> Running RAW decoding command: /usr/lib/libkdcraw3/kdcraw -c -v -4 -H 4 -b
> 3.77 -w -q 3 -o 0
> /media/camera/2008-05-25/photo2008-05-25_10-56-06-000023.crw
> RAW decoding StdErr: Loading Canon PowerShot G1 image from
> /media/camera/2008-05-25/photo2008-05-25_10-56-06-000023.crw ...
> RAW decoding StdErr: Scaling with darkness 22, saturation 1023, and
> multipliers 0.868193 0.788477 1.000000 0.651144
> RAW decoding StdErr: Bilinear interpolation...
> VNG interpolation...
> RAW decoding StdErr: Rebuilding highlights...
> RAW decoding StdErr: Building histograms...
> RAW decoding StdErr: Writing data to standard output ...
> Cannot parse header from RAW decoding: Magic is: P7
> Cannot parse header from RAW decoding: Magic is: -
> Cannot parse header from RAW decoding: Magic is: *s
> [more output, but irrelevant]
>
> So, just on a whim, I tried running the command manually, both the old and
> the new kdcraw:
>
> paul at aphrodite /usr/local/src/graphics/digikam-0.9.4-rc1
> $ /usr/lib/libkdcraw3/kdcraw -c -v -4 -H 4 -b 3.77 -w -q 3 -o 0
> /media/camera/2008-05-25/photo2008-05-25_10-56-06-000023.crw > /dev/null
> Loading Canon PowerShot G1 image from
> /media/camera/2008-05-25/photo2008-05-25_10-56-06-000023.crw ...
> Scaling with darkness 22, saturation 1023, and
> multipliers 0.868193 0.788477 1.000000 0.651144
> Bilinear interpolation...
> VNG interpolation...
> Rebuilding highlights...
> Building histograms...
> Writing data to standard output ...
>
> paul at aphrodite /usr/local/src/graphics/digikam-0.9.4-rc1
> $ /usr/local/lib/libkdcraw3/kdcraw -c -v -4 -H 4 -b 3.77 -w -q 3 -o 0
> /media/camera/2008-05-25/photo2008-05-25_10-56-06-000023.crw > /dev/null
> Loading Canon PowerShot G1 image from
> /media/camera/2008-05-25/photo2008-05-25_10-56-06-000023.crw ...
> Scaling with darkness 22, saturation 1023, and
> multipliers 0.868193 0.788477 1.000000 0.651144
> Bilinear interpolation...
> VNG interpolation...
> Rebuilding highlights...
> Building histograms...
> Writing data to standard output ...
>
> As you can see, both the old version and the new version decode the file
> just fine.  Note that this happens only on Powershot G1 images.  My Rebel
> raw images are decoded OK.  Any ideas on why
>
> kdcraw hates my G1 images?
> dcraw is using the old kdcraw?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Paul
>
>
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>

No idea.

here i can play with Canon G1 files without problem. of course i
install all in standard KDEDIR (/usr). I never use /usr/local.

Best

Gilles Caulier