[Digikam-users] updated to DK4.3.0 but it crashes and cannot go back to 4.2.0...

Fri Sep 19 17:28:22 BST 2014

Strange indeed since the fix is stated to be included starting on
libkexiv2-4.14.2.
I found a source file 4.14.40 (and its devel file as well) from:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Unstable:/SC/openSUSE_Factory/src/libkexiv2-4.14.40-14.1.src.rpm

It seems to be a more recent version, so I got it compiled using
rpmbuild and installed it. Initially it did look like finally I got
tamed this issue but no. DK4.3.0 crashes anyway.

So I downloaded the most recent source version of libkexiv2 from
KDE:CURRENT repo (and its devel version as well):
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Current/openSUSE_13.1/src/libkexiv2-4.14.1-1.1.src.rpm

I extracted the source file, then replaced its kexiv2previews.cpp  with
Gilles's fixed file, compressed again using gzip and renamed it as
*.src.rpm but rpmbuild did not recognized it. :-(
I tried with several compressed formats but nothing resulted in a file
that rpmbuild could recognize as a source rpm package. If what I am
doing wrong is easy to correct (the compressing step of the folder into
a src.rpm file) it would be great if somebody helps me with, since this
could allow confirming that Gille's fix of libkexiv2 can solve this
issue and help other OpenSuSE users  with a similar DK4.3.0 situation.
gps

On 09/19/2014 09:59 AM, Robert Zeller wrote:
> This is strange: I am also running DK 4.3.0 on opensuse 13.1 and haven't
> experienced any crashes so far. My version of libkexiv2-11 is 4.12.3-1.1
> form obs://build.opensuse.org/KDE
>
> On 09/18/2014 05:23 PM, Gian Paolo Sanino wrote:
>> Hi Gilles, OpenSuSE has its own libkexiv2 package versioning.  I have
>> installed the libkexiv2-11 (aka 4.13.2-4.1). I searched for a more
>> recent version on the online built service, and found available in
>> Factory repo just a source file version 4.14.1. No idea if this already
>> includes your fix on it.
>>
>> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Distro:/Factory/openSUSE_Factory/src/libkexiv2-4.14.1-122.2.src.rpm
>>
>> Decompressing the tar file shows folders with one of them containing a
>> kexiv2previews.cpp file that I guess I should replace with your fix file
>> and try compiling it and installing it. But I have just a preliminary
>> idea about how to do it. I recall that in OpenSuSE the "easy" way is
>> using as root the command "rpmbuild --rebuild package.src.rpm" and then
>> install it later as any rpm package. However, for this I have to install
>> also libexiv2-devel (no problem with this) and libkde4-devel that in my
>> system needs to downgrade too many kde base and core files just to run.
>> The other option, using "./configure" then "make" and "make install" as
>> root, did not worked neither (resulted in "no makefile found"). I may
>> doing something wrong for sure and I know this is out of Digikam's forum
>> scope anyway.
>>
>> To prevent these issues, I use to install DK as well as its dependencies
>> (e.g. libkexiv2) from distro packages rather than compiling them from
>> source. But since even on repos with unstable/developing packages for
>> OpenSuSE I see not other package to upgrade to libkexiv2 (2.3.2), I have
>> no idea how to solve it other than waiting for an "official" rpm that
>> upgrades libkexiv2 with the fix. I tried with a second PC that just got
>> updated to DK4.3.0 automatically from OpenSuSE's KDE:EXTRA repo and
>> experienced the same result. I guess the packagers at OpenSuSE are not
>> including your findings about libkexiv2 and many will experience these
>> crashes.
>>
>> Thanks Gilles, at least now I know where is the problem.
>> gps
>>
>> On 09/18/2014 10:06 AM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>> The crash is in libkexiv2, when preview are get from file to render
>>> image on screen.
>>>
>>> I ready fixed this problem in source code.
>>>
>>> There is a report which still open about this topic, where i annotate
>>> which simple commit i do to fix it in libkexiv2 :
>>>
>>> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339144
>>>
>>> I upgraded libkexiv2 version to 2.3.2. If digiKam do not use this
>>> version it will crash.
>>>
>>> digiKam have been released with this version of libkexiv2, but
>>> packager drop libkexiv2 source code from tarball and use system based
>>> library.
>>>
>>> The solution from packager is to backport my little commit in libkexiv2 package.
>>>
>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-09-18 14:36 GMT+02:00 Gian Paolo Sanino Vattier <gpsanino at vtr.net>:
>>>> On 09/18/2014 02:15 AM, Remco Viëtor wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday 17 September 2014 21:01:24 Gian Paolo Sanino Vattier wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi, I wonder if other may be experiencing the same as I do.
>>>> I have auto-update enabled (I know, It should not), and today my DK
>>>> 4.2.0 got updated to DK 4.3.0 (nice dog on the welcome picture btw).
>>>> The problem is that this version crashes just a second after its process
>>>> is 100% done (when thumbnails should show up). Repeating attempts
>>>> produce the same result (crashed) but sometimes it reaches to show some
>>>> thumbnails when it crushes.
>>>>
>>>> I checked the phonon backend and tried with Gstreamer as well as with
>>>> VLC, with no difference.
>>>>
>>>> This is under OpenSuSE 13.1-x86_64 with KDE 4.11.5
>>>>
>>>> If I try running DK from the konsole, I get this:
>>>>
>>>> (...)
>>>>
>>>> I tried cleaning temp files as well as rebooting the PC, and checking
>>>> updates with Yast, but nothing seems to solve the problem. I have no
>>>> clue how to solve this DK4.3.0 crash, and I use DK for work and this is
>>>> urgent for me, so I decided to go back to 4.2.0 however I have not been
>>>> able. I only found it on the "Factory" repo, but it request for
>>>> kdebase4-runtime  version >=4.14.0 but all my KDE is 4.11.5 (which is
>>>> supposed to be up to date "stable" SuSE release). I may try to update to
>>>> KDE 4.14.0 but this can result in total mess. I just do not understand
>>>> why I cannot go back to the same version of DK 4.2.0 that I had just
>>>> hours ago in thi very same KDE... maybe it is a SuSE packaging issue and
>>>> not a DK issue, no idea.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody else with this issue? or any hint where to look for a solution?
>>>> Thanks a lot
>>>> gps
>>>>
>>>> I don't know how you use Digikam, and which part of the functionality you
>>>> use, but you can go back to Digikam 3.5.0 (which is still in the Yast
>>>> repositories for OpenSuse 13.1). I've been switching back and forth between
>>>> 3.5 and 4.x a few times without problems, but back up the databases to be
>>>> safe(r).
>>>>
>>>> Remco
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Remco, I use Digikam a lot, mainly as a graphic database (filtering using
>>>> the tagging tools). DK 4.2.0 was a great version for me since many
>>>> improvements were achieved on the tagging side. No idea why DK4.2.0 on SuSE
>>>> repos are requesting for KDE versions others than those on which it was
>>>> running just fine.
>>>> I was able to find on the Build Service a repo with DK 4.0.0 to downgrade
>>>> from 4.3.0 and check the results. I use SpiderOak to backup constantly the
>>>> database.
>>>> I got it and regained immediate control over DK and my files as well...
>>>> great.
>>>>
>>>> Then upgraded to 4.3.0 to double test, and again DK crashes but somehow now
>>>> they take longer to crash. In fact, DK opens fine with the root Album
>>>> selected as default and it can stay there fine until I select other Album
>>>> (with images inside). That is when it starts rebuilding the thumbnails
>>>> (recently I deleted my thumbnail.db file). The mystery is that it crashed
>>>> almost randomly depending on what folder I select.  With some, it does the
>>>> job fine but with others no hope, it crashed immediately. So, maybe this is
>>>> something related to previews / thumbnails...
>>>>
>>>> When I restarted DK, I disabled both "include Album.. sub-tree" options
>>>> under menu/View/. By disabling these features, I selected the same
>>>> folder/album that always produced crashes and this time no crash. Then
>>>> selected one of its sub-folders, with images inside and it crashed again...
>>>>
>>>> I went back to DK4.0.0 and regained control again. Since DK4.3.0 seems to
>>>> crash when creating the new thumbnails of large number of images, I used
>>>> 4.0.0 to rebuild all thumbnails. Then updated to 4.3.0 to see if it shows
>>>> the albums without crashing, but I was not lucky. The folders starts showing
>>>> up and DK crash. Some open fine and other not at all. It feels somehow like
>>>> albums with larger number of files tend to crash more often than those with
>>>> lower amount of files. It am not sure. But then, the thumbnail building
>>>> process does not seem to be a key part of the problem... Another difference
>>>> with DK4.3.0 is that after the welcoming frame closes (with the nice dog
>>>> jumping) it takes about 15 seconds to open digikam's interface (DK4.2.0
>>>> takes no time between the two).
>>>>
>>>> KDE Crash handler reports the event as : "Executable: digikam PID: 2876
>>>> Signal: Segmentation fault (11)".
>>>> and KDE backtrace report shows this:
>>>>
>>>> Application: digiKam (digikam), signal: Segmentation fault
>>>>
>>>> Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
>>>>
>>>> [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7fdc3c95a940 (LWP 2876))]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thread 4 (Thread 0x7fdc15107700 (LWP 2877)):
>>>>
>>>> #0 0x00007fdc330000af in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from
>>>> /lib64/libpthread.so.0
>>>>
>>>> #1 0x00007fdc35e95b66 in QWaitCondition::wait(QMutex*, unsigned long) ()
>>>> from /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #2 0x00000000005fe6ae in ?? ()
>>>>
>>>> #3 0x00007fdc35e9568f in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #4 0x00007fdc32ffc0db in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
>>>>
>>>> #5 0x00007fdc350ae58d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thread 3 (Thread 0x7fdc14906700 (LWP 2878)):
>>>>
>>>> #0 0x00007fdc2cbd2586 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
>>>>
>>>> #1 0x00007fdc2cbd270c in g_main_context_iteration () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
>>>>
>>>> #2 0x00007fdc35fc1d76 in
>>>> QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>)
>>>> () from /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #3 0x00007fdc35f93d0f in
>>>> QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #4 0x00007fdc35f94005 in
>>>> QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #5 0x00007fdc35e92fef in QThread::exec() () from /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #6 0x00007fdc35f75513 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #7 0x00007fdc35e9568f in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #8 0x00007fdc32ffc0db in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
>>>>
>>>> #9 0x00007fdc350ae58d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thread 2 (Thread 0x7fdb83fff700 (LWP 2944)):
>>>>
>>>> [KCrash Handler]
>>>>
>>>> #5 0x00007fdc31e12075 in
>>>> Exiv2::PreviewManager::getPreviewImage(Exiv2::PreviewProperties const&)
>>>> const () from /usr/lib64/libexiv2.so.12
>>>>
>>>> #6 0x00007fdc3a66dcb2 in KExiv2Iface::KExiv2Previews::data(int) () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libkexiv2.so.11
>>>>
>>>> #7 0x00007fdc3a66df0b in KExiv2Iface::KExiv2Previews::image(int) () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libkexiv2.so.11
>>>>
>>>> #8 0x00007fdc39c6650d in
>>>> Digikam::ThumbnailCreator::createThumbnail(Digikam::ThumbnailInfo const&,
>>>> QRect const&) const () from /usr/lib64/libdigikamcore.so.4.3.0
>>>>
>>>> #9 0x00007fdc39c691a6 in Digikam::ThumbnailCreator::load(QString const&,
>>>> QRect const&, bool) const () from /usr/lib64/libdigikamcore.so.4.3.0
>>>>
>>>> #10 0x00007fdc39c69af0 in Digikam::ThumbnailCreator::pregenerate(QString
>>>> const&) const () from /usr/lib64/libdigikamcore.so.4.3.0
>>>>
>>>> #11 0x00007fdc39c784a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libdigikamcore.so.4.3.0
>>>>
>>>> #12 0x00007fdc39c506c6 in Digikam::LoadSaveThread::run() () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libdigikamcore.so.4.3.0
>>>>
>>>> #13 0x00007fdc39c7e6be in Digikam::DynamicThread::DynamicThreadPriv::run()
>>>> () from /usr/lib64/libdigikamcore.so.4.3.0
>>>>
>>>> #14 0x00007fdc35e8913e in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #15 0x00007fdc35e9568f in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #16 0x00007fdc32ffc0db in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
>>>>
>>>> #17 0x00007fdc350ae58d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thread 1 (Thread 0x7fdc3c95a940 (LWP 2876)):
>>>>
>>>> #0 0x00007fdc330000af in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from
>>>> /lib64/libpthread.so.0
>>>>
>>>> #1 0x00007fdc35e95b66 in QWaitCondition::wait(QMutex*, unsigned long) ()
>>>> from /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #2 0x00007fdc35e88b52 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #3 0x00007fdc35e89ef5 in QThreadPool::~QThreadPool() () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #4 0x00007fdc35e89f29 in QThreadPool::~QThreadPool() () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #5 0x00007fdc35fab658 in QObjectPrivate::deleteChildren() () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #6 0x00007fdc35fadbff in QObject::~QObject() () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #7 0x00007fdc39c7b847 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libdigikamcore.so.4.3.0
>>>>
>>>> #8 0x00007fdc34fff059 in __run_exit_handlers () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>>>>
>>>> #9 0x00007fdc34fff0a5 in exit () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>>>>
>>>> #10 0x00007fdc36a0a298 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #11 0x00007fdc376b91a0 in KApplication::xioErrhandler(_XDisplay*) () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libkdeui.so.5
>>>>
>>>> #12 0x00007fdc3359d3fe in _XIOError () from /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6
>>>>
>>>> #13 0x00007fdc3359aded in _XEventsQueued () from /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6
>>>>
>>>> #14 0x00007fdc3358cddb in XEventsQueued () from /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6
>>>>
>>>> #15 0x00007fdc36a403ac in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #16 0x00007fdc2cbd2081 in g_main_context_check () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
>>>>
>>>> #17 0x00007fdc2cbd259b in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
>>>>
>>>> #18 0x00007fdc2cbd270c in g_main_context_iteration () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0
>>>>
>>>> #19 0x00007fdc35fc1d55 in
>>>> QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>)
>>>> () from /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #20 0x00007fdc36a40936 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #21 0x00007fdc35f93d0f in
>>>> QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #22 0x00007fdc35f94005 in
>>>> QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #23 0x00007fdc35f9913b in QCoreApplication::exec() () from
>>>> /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
>>>>
>>>> #24 0x000000000049f870 in ?? ()
>>>>
>>>> #25 0x00007fdc34fe8be5 in __libc_start_main () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>>>>
>>>> #26 0x00000000004a1ec1 in _start ()
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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