[Digikam-users] Some questions before update...

[Anders Lund]

Hi Daniel,

On Mandag den 9. januar 2012, Daniel Bauer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using digikam 1.9 with MySQL on opensuse 11.3, KDE 4.6
> 
> I run into several problems...:
> 
> - from time to time digikam needs very long to start (it remains at
> "reading database" during many minutes) - but not with every start, in
> approx. 3 of 4 cases it starts normal and fast
> - after doing a lot of changes (i.e. using batch tool with sources from
> different albums on many files, moving files, deleting files) digikam
> sometimes (not always) gets so very very slow, that I have to restart it
> - often digikam does not really stop when I close it (via close-button or
> via Menu does not matter). So sometimes in the morning digikam starts
> itself, even though I closed it the evening before...
> (- I have the impression that sometimes digikam does not free the memory it
> used, but I cannot prove it)
> 
> For opensuse I find a rpm for digikam 2.2, but this relies on KDE 4.7.
> A KDE release change usually brings a lot of re-adjustments with it and I
> only want to do that if it is really worth-while, so before I do it, my
> 
> question:
> - are the above problems solved with 2.2?
> 
> kind regards
> 
> Daniel

I think you should look for information on optimizing the database, there are 
threads about it in this list, and also some blogs around the net.

I have no problems with memory not beeing freed that I am aware of, and I'm 
sure I would, using a netbook.

-- 
Anders