[Digikam-users] Digikam-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 41

Sat Mar 1 00:08:28 GMT 2008

> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:15:40 -0800
> From: Duffields <dhltd at telus.net>
> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Digikam-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 40
> To: digikam-users at kde.org
> Message-ID: <47C8219C.3090404 at telus.net>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:38:53 -0800
>> From: Duffields <dhltd at telus.net>
>> Subject: [Digikam-users] Crash recovery
>> To: digikam-users at kde.org
>> Message-ID: <47C70DCD.3090405 at telus.net>
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>>
>> I just completed an evaluation of Photo Management applications for Ubuntu (Ver 
>> 7.10) and had settled on DigiKam as the best. BUT today I hooked up an NAS to 
>> see how DigiKam would perform and when I was editing some photos, DigiKam 
>> stalled when deleting a photo.
>>
>> The NAS was churning madly for a long time so I re-booted the Ubuntu Box and 
>> when I tried to re-start DigiKam, a message displayed "Failed to update old 
>> Database to new Database format" and DigiKam would not load.
>>
>> I tried un-installing DigiKam and deleting all related data files that I could 
>> find, then re-installing DigiKam but I still get the same error message when 
>> trying to run it.
>>
>> Can someone tell me how I can re-start DigiKam and if this is a known problem is 
>> there a work-around?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:42:07 +0100
>> From: "Gilles Caulier" <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Crash recovery
>> To: "digiKam - Digital Photo Management for the masses"
>> 	<digikam-users at kde.org>
>> Message-ID:
>> 	<b4b1230e0802281142r33ecba6du24d77c8d917cd255 at mail.gmail.com>
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>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> What do you mean by "NAS" exactly ? A network file system ?
>>
> 
> Sorry, I hate it myself when people use acronyms and contractions when 
> communicating with others who may not know the jargon.
> 
> NAS - "Network Accessible Storage".  I have a D-Link DNS-323 Network drive that 
> is configured with two hard drives with mirror imaging.  All my computers are 
> connected to it and all the shared files are kept on it rather than on the 
> individual computers.  It works well on a network composed of both Windows and 
> Linux computers.
> 
> I was testing Digikam on local files on an Ubuntu Box and when I decided on 
> which photo management application to keep (Digikam) I pointed Digikam to the 
> NAS device by changing the Digikam setup.
> 
> It seemed to work perfectly until I started moving and deleting photo files. 
> After deleting a couple of files, Digikam froze and the drive indicator lights 
> on the NAS began blinking furiously, and access from other computers slowed to a 
> crawl.  That went on for for about five minutes until I lost my nerve.  I could 
> not kill Digikam so I re-booted the Ubuntu computer.
> 
> When I restarted it and tried to re-start Digikam, I got the error message 
> described above.  I re-tried with no success so then I tried to un-install 
> Digikam, deleted all residual files that I could find that contained digikam, 
> and re-installed Digikam.
> 
> Despite doing all that, when I try to re-start Digikam, I still get the same error.
> 
> I would like to keep Digikam and find a work-around if possible, but I need to 
> know where Digikam keeps the database that the message referred to and how I can 
> re-build it without being able to start Digikam.
> 
> Is there a "safe mode" to start Digikam?
> 
> Any advice or information you can provide would be much appreciated.  I am quite 
> new to Linux, having only played with it for a few months, but it looks like it 
> is a viable replacement for Windows although perhaps we will still need one or 
> two virtual Windows machines for a few Windows dependent applications.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mac
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:21:29 +0100
> From: "Gilles Caulier" <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Digikam-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 40
> To: "digiKam - Digital Photo Management for the masses"
> 	<digikam-users at kde.org>
> Message-ID:
> 	<b4b1230e0802290721s78bf5ed3te18bbd17cb063f27 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> 2008/2/29, Duffields <dhltd at telus.net>:
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:38:53 -0800
>>> From: Duffields <dhltd at telus.net>
>>> Subject: [Digikam-users] Crash recovery
>>> To: digikam-users at kde.org
>>> Message-ID: <47C70DCD.3090405 at telus.net>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>
>>> I just completed an evaluation of Photo Management applications for
>> Ubuntu (Ver
>>> 7.10) and had settled on DigiKam as the best. BUT today I hooked up an
>> NAS to
>>> see how DigiKam would perform and when I was editing some photos,
>> DigiKam
>>> stalled when deleting a photo.
>>>
>>> The NAS was churning madly for a long time so I re-booted the Ubuntu Box
>> and
>>> when I tried to re-start DigiKam, a message displayed "Failed to update
>> old
>>> Database to new Database format" and DigiKam would not load.
>>>
>>> I tried un-installing DigiKam and deleting all related data files that I
>> could
>>> find, then re-installing DigiKam but I still get the same error message
>> when
>>> trying to run it.
>>>
>>> Can someone tell me how I can re-start DigiKam and if this is a known
>> problem is
>>> there a work-around?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:42:07 +0100
>>> From: "Gilles Caulier" <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Crash recovery
>>> To: "digiKam - Digital Photo Management for the masses"
>>>       <digikam-users at kde.org>
>>> Message-ID:
>>>       <b4b1230e0802281142r33ecba6du24d77c8d917cd255 at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> What do you mean by "NAS" exactly ? A network file system ?
>>>
>> Sorry, I hate it myself when people use acronyms and contractions when
>> communicating with others who may not know the jargon.
>>
>> NAS - "Network Accessible Storage".  I have a D-Link DNS-323 Network drive
>> that
>> is configured with two hard drives with mirror imaging.  All my computers
>> are
>> connected to it and all the shared files are kept on it rather than on the
>> individual computers.  It works well on a network composed of both Windows
>> and
>> Linux computers.
>>
>> I was testing Digikam on local files on an Ubuntu Box and when I decided
>> on
>> which photo management application to keep (Digikam) I pointed Digikam to
>> the
>> NAS device by changing the Digikam setup.
>>
>> It seemed to work perfectly until I started moving and deleting photo
>> files.
>> After deleting a couple of files, Digikam froze and the drive indicator
>> lights
>> on the NAS began blinking furiously, and access from other computers
>> slowed to a
>> crawl.  That went on for for about five minutes until I lost my nerve.  I
>> could
>> not kill Digikam so I re-booted the Ubuntu computer.
>>
>> When I restarted it and tried to re-start Digikam, I got the error message
>> described above.  I re-tried with no success so then I tried to un-install
>> Digikam, deleted all residual files that I could find that contained
>> digikam,
>> and re-installed Digikam.
>>
>> Despite doing all that, when I try to re-start Digikam, I still get the
>> same error.
>>
>> I would like to keep Digikam and find a work-around if possible, but I
>> need to
>> know where Digikam keeps the database that the message referred to and how
>> I can
>> re-build it without being able to start Digikam.
>>
>> Is there a "safe mode" to start Digikam?
>>
>> Any advice or information you can provide would be much appreciated.  I am
>> quite
>> new to Linux, having only played with it for a few months, but it looks
>> like it
>> is a viable replacement for Windows although perhaps we will still need
>> one or
>> two virtual Windows machines for a few Windows dependent applications.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mac
>>
>>
> Duing a problem with QSlite against remote file system, digiKam 0.9.x is not
> compatible by default with NAS, because sqlite file used by digiKam is
> hosted on root album.
> 
> There is a way to wrap around this problem using file-link. Look here :
> 
> http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/219
> 
> Of course with future 0.10.0 release (KDE4 port), this problem have been
> fixed (plus a lots of new features) :
> 
> http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/Screenshots/digikamKDE4_15.png
> 
> Best
> 
> Gilles Caulier

Thanks for that information Gilles.  I have no problem waiting for the next 
version and perhaps I can work around the problem now that I know what causes it.

However, my immediate problem is 'How can I get Digikam to run again?'  As 
mentioned previously, I tried deleting Digikam, and all the "digikam" files I 
could find, then re-installing it but the new installation would not open using 
the digikam defaults. It still wanted to get files from the NAS. Obviously there 
is a legacy file somewhere that is causing digikam to go off and attempt to 
search the NAS.

Do you know how I can restore Digikam to its defaults so I can use it on local 
files on by Ubuntu box?

Sorry to be such a pest.

Mac