[Digikam-users] Import issue on SVN version

[Arnd Baecker]

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> When trying to import photos (Import -> Add Images -> Select All ->
> Download Selected) from /home/hardy/shalom on a clean ~/Pictures I got
> this error:
> """
> Window with title "Images found in /home/hardy/shalom - digiKam" is
> not responding. This window belongs to application digikam (PID=11603,
> hostname=localhost).
> Do you wish to terminate this application? (All unsaved data in this
> application will be lost.)
> """
> There was nothing unusual in the terminal output, just the list of
> files and some info about them. After about two minutes (the time it
> took me to write this) the dialog box disappeared and this was written
> to the terminal:
>
> digikam(11603): couldn't create slave: "Unable to create io-slave:
> klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'digikamalbums'.
> "
> digikam(11603): Failed to list url:  "Could not start process Unable
> to create io-slave:
> klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'digikamalbums'.
> ."
>
> digikam(11603): couldn't create slave: "Unable to create io-slave:
> klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'digikamalbums'.
> "
> digikam(11603): Failed to list url:  "Could not start process Unable
> to create io-slave:
> klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'digikamalbums'.
> ."
>
> digikam(11603): couldn't create slave: "Unable to create io-slave:
> klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'digikamalbums'.
> "
> digikam(11603): Failed to list url:  "Could not start process Unable
> to create io-slave:
> klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'digikamalbums'.
> ."
>
> digikam(11603): couldn't create slave: "Unable to create io-slave:
> klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'digikamalbums'.
> "
> digikam(11603): Failed to list url:  "Could not start process Unable
> to create io-slave:
> klauncher said: Unknown protocol 'digikamalbums'.
> ."
>
>
>
> Digikam does not have the new files in it. In other words, it is as if
> I performed no import.

Hmm, somehow it does not find the kioslaves stuff.
Might be a similar issue as Geoff reported with the same
solution (see his last mail).

Best, Arnd