[Digikam-users] Digikam 4.0 won't run on Linux Mint 17.1: vanishes after album scan

[Tom Rank]

Thanks for the reply.

Sorry if I wasn't clear. When I completed the initial set up, Digikam 
appeared to start, and seemed to be scanning the albums - but only for a 
second or two, then the program vanished - no Digikam workspace, no icon 
on the task bar, etc. So I take that to be a crash, even though it 
doesn't open the error reporting window (as version 3.5 used to give me).

As a temporary measure, I decided to set up Shotwell: it took about 8 
hours to scan and 'import' all my images. I don't expect Digikam to take 
so long, but 2 or 3 seconds doesn't seem right, especially when it 
doesn't then display anything.

I did try to load libsqlite3-0 version 3.8.6 on Ubuntu 14.04: that gave 
me various warnings about incompatible programs - and didn't seem to 
work with Digikam. I tried an upgrade to Ubuntu 14.10 - but that caused 
me a significant graphics problem with my hardware, so I went for Linux 
Mint 17.1, which had no such problem. It's based on Ubuntu 14.04, but 
loads the more recent Digikam 4.0.0. I'll see if I can get a more recent 
version of Digikam and libsqlite3-0 running and report back - I realise 
now how much I'm missing Digikam!

Tom

On 13/12/14 18:48, Philip Johnsson wrote:
> I don't really understand your problem. "Run Digikam again: same quick
> scan of albums, then nothing." What does "nothing" here mean that is
> your problem? As I understand it digikam doesn't crash on you?
>
> If you update Digikam (or even otherwise) from a PPA or other way I
> suggest that you make sure that you don't use sqlite3 3.8.2 that comes
> with Ubuntu 14.04 as that version is buggy with Digikam. So check which
> version of the package libsqlite3-0 you are using. Ubunt 14.10 comes
> with version 3.8.6 that works much better so either install it from
> Ubuntu 14.10 or backport it some how.
>
> /Philip
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Tom Rank <tom at literaryconnections.co.uk
> <mailto:tom at literaryconnections.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Hi
>
>     Version 3.5 of Digikam on Ubuntu 14.04 crashed too often for my
>     liking, so I hoped that an upgrade to a newer version would help.
>     Version 4.0 runs fine on my Linux Mint laptop (with a small photo
>     collection) so I reckoned that an upgrade on my desktop might be an
>     improvement.
>
>     I've just completed a fresh install of Linux Mint 17.1, which runs
>     fine, and installed Digikam Version:
>     4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04~__ppa2. I've put my large photo
>     collection (about 300 GB) in Pictures.
>
>     First run routine says images will be in:
>     /home/tom/Pictures
>
>     That's correct (but any attempt to browse elsewhere leads the setup
>     window to vanish and Digikam stops)
>
>     Scanning collections was very quick (too quick, I thought) - but
>     then nothing. Digikam didn't run, no crash report, nothing.
>
>     Run Digikam again: same quick scan of albums, then nothing.
>
>     I can easily upgrade to a more recent version - version 4.0.0 is the
>     default for Mint 17.1, which is based on Ubuntu 14.04 (though 14.04
>     is stuck at 3.5). Should I try to add an additional PPA to install a
>     later version?
>
>     Please can anyone help? I've found Digikam a really useful program
>     for managing a growing photo collection and now feel lost!
>
>     (Yes, I did first try to upgrade to Ubuntu 14.10 - but for some
>     reason my hardware didn't like it: Mint 17.1 installed without a hitch)
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     Tom
>
>
>     --
>     Tom Rank | tom at literaryconnections.co.uk
>     <mailto:tom at literaryconnections.co.uk>
>     www.literaryconnections.co.uk <http://www.literaryconnections.co.uk>
>     | http://blog.__literaryconnections.co.uk
>     <http://blog.literaryconnections.co.uk>
>     http://twitter.com/__literaryconnect
>     <http://twitter.com/literaryconnect>
>     _________________________________________________
>     Digikam-users mailing list
>     Digikam-users at kde.org <mailto:Digikam-users at kde.org>
>     https://mail.kde.org/mailman/__listinfo/digikam-users
>     <https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Digikam-users mailing list
> Digikam-users at kde.org
> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users
>

-- 
Tom Rank | tom at literaryconnections.co.uk | 01457 850966
www.literaryconnections.co.uk | http://twitter.com/literaryconnect