[Digikam-users] Sporadic/Fleeting Thumbnails on Yosemite!

[Gilles Caulier]

I just uploaded digiKam 4.13.0 PKG installer for Yosemite. Please try with
this version :

http://download.kde.org/stable/digikam/digikam-4.13.0-Yosemite.pkg.mirrorlist

Gilles Caulier

2015-09-05 14:41 GMT+02:00 J Albrecht <heviiguy at gmail.com>:

> Missing thumbnails. AGAIN!!
>
> After finally seeing my thumbnails (with no idea why it had finally
> happened) I thought that the problem miraculously solved itself. However,
> the thumbnails have once again disappeared. I’ve done nothing differently
> this time compared to the last when the thumbnails decided to grace me with
> their presence. In addition to the thumbnails being absent, none of the
> kipi plug-ins are available now (they were, the last time that the
> thumbnails were visible). These are extremely frustrating experiences! What
> can be done to solve this?
>
> If somebody suggests “debugging”, please bear in mind that I’m a
> photographer, not a console-junkie.  Apparently, I’m not the only one
> suffering from this. I’m sure that we’ll all appreciate the assistance.
>
>
> On 31 Aug 2015, at 21:03, Phil <philtuckey at free.fr> wrote:
>
> I am having a similar experience with 4.12 on Yosemite. Sometimes the
> thumbnails are displayed correctly and sometimes not at all, i.e. digikam
> thinks there are no images in any album. Sometimes it works ok when started
> by clicking on the alias in Applications and sometimes it works ok when
> running it from a terminal/shell. I don't think it has anything to do with
> a problem with the databases, at least not one that requires completely
> rebuilding them.
>
> On 31/08/2015 15:09, J Albrecht wrote:
>
>
> On 31 Aug 2015, at 14:02, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com
> <mailto:caulier.gilles at gmail.com <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> Start digiKam from a console, following instructions at "For hangs out
> or dysfunctions" section :
>
> https://www.digikam.org/contrib
>
>
>
> Merci again.
>
> Although the link provides no helpful “concise” directions on how to run
> the tool with the appropriate debug space for simple users such as
> myself (developers, please take note), I now have my thumbnails back.
> But, I’ve no idea why.
>
> All I had done differently was activate (double click) the app from
> within /opt/digikam/Applications/digiKam/ rather than from cmd >
> Spacebar (Spotlight Search) as usual. When that worked I wanted to
> create an Alias to put into the Applications directory. Then I
> discovered that the existing file was already an alias referring to the
> original in opt/…
>
> Was it merely a coincidence that after at least 6 attempts to flush the
> databases, it finally “stuck” and the program again operates as designed?
>
> So, my thumbnails are back but I have no useful clues to provide to
> anybody else who may happen to find themselves in a similar predicament.
> Sorry :-(
>
>
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