[Digikam-users] failed to rotate image in digikam 0.9.6 / KDE3

[Istvan Gabor]

Thank you for the very fast answer.

Gilles Caulier írta:

>>I'm still using KDE3 in openSUSE 13.1. It has old digikam and related packages:
>>
>>kde3-digikam-0.9.6-46.17.x86_64
>>digikamimageplugins-0.9.6-46.17.x86_64
>>digikamimageplugins-superimpose-0.9.6-46.17.x86_64
>>kde3-digikam-doc-0.9.4-4.1.noarch
>>kde3-digikam-lang-0.9.6-46.17.noarch
>>libkipi0-0.1.6-54.4.x86_64
>>kde3-kipi-plugins-0.1.6-35.21.x86_64
>>libkipi0-lang-0.1.6-54.4.noarch
>>kde3-kipi-plugins-lang-0.1.6-35.21.noarch
>>
>>When I try to rotate an image in digikam thumbnails window by right click -> rotate, an error message is >>shown: "Failed to rotate image".
>>
>>If I run digikam in a console window, the console shows:
>>
>> digikam
>>failed to find gam_server
>>Failed to connect to socket /tmp/fam-user-
>>libpng error: IDAT: invalid distance too far back
>>libpng error: IDAT: invalid distance too far back
>>Transforming with option 0 5
>>
>>Rotating worked well in my previous openSUSE install, 12.2 with digikam 0.9.6 / KDE3.
>>
>>How can I trace and fix this problem?
>>
>>Thanks,

>one word : update.
>
>How can you continue to use 0.9.6 where last 4.15 is out ??? I can't understand... 
>
>
>Gilles Cauiler

Version 0.9.6 works well for me. This is the first problem I have. Since I insist on using KDE3 I can't update.
I thought it would be an easy question for a developer how to trace and fix such a problem.
If it is not, sorry for the question. 

Cheers,

Istvan