Missing menu items after update to 5.2

Sun Oct 23 08:52:36 BST 2016

probably a environnement variable is not set with your launcher.

I suspect PATH. Check it.

Gilles Caulier

2016-10-18 19:47 GMT+02:00 Jan Wolter <jan at wolter.re>:

> Hello Gilles,
>
> you are completely right, now I installed actual dk to /opt/kf5 and get
> the actual splash screen.
>
> But one problem is still present: When I create a panel launcher that just
> calls /bin/digikam, I see no splash screen but instead a small window with
> following text: "Loading tools.5.3.0":
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/91057768/digikam-window-
> loading-tools.png
> When digikam has started the menu bar seems to be broken, as there are
> only two entries "Settings" and "Help":
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/91057768/digikam-window-not-ok.png
>
>
> Best regards,
> Jan
>
> On 10/18/2016 06:25 AM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>
> Well, if you mix different versions at different places on your computer,
> there is a risk to introduce dysfuctions of course.
>
> Why digiKam is not only installed only in /opt/kf5, where whole KDE sound
> like installed ?
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
>
> 2016-10-17 22:53 GMT+02:00 Jan Wolter <jan at wolter.re>:
>
>> Does anyone has a hint how to solve my problem?
>>
>> Mounth ago I compiled dk and installed it to /opt/kf5.
>> Yesterday I installed dk to /opt/digikam.
>>
>> But instead of using the data (e.g. splash screen, colorschemes,
>> dbConfig) from /opt/digikam/share/digikam the data from the old
>> installation is used: /opt/kf5/share/digikam:
>> digikam.dbengine: Loading SQL code from config file
>> "/opt/kf5/share/digikam/database/dbconfig.xml"
>> digikam.widgets: Paths to color scheme :  ("/opt/kf5/share/digikam/color
>> schemes")
>>
>> What dependency is responsible for that? How can I use the data from the
>> new installation?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jan
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/16/2016 07:42 PM, Jan Wolter wrote:
>>
>> I just tested to install dk to /opt/digikam using DIGIKAM_INSTALL_PREFIX.
>> But even in this case, the references from the old installation place are
>> used:
>> /opt/digikam/bin $ ./digikam
>> digikam.dbengine: Loading SQL code from config file
>> "/opt/kf5/share/digikam/database/dbconfig.xml"
>> digikam.widgets: Paths to color scheme :  ("/opt/kf5/share/digikam/color
>> schemes")
>>
>> Furthermore, the splash screen from v5.1 with the wolf (from
>> /opt/kf5/share/digikam/data) instead of the mountain splash screen (which
>> is correctly located in /opt/digikam/share/digikam/data) from v5.3 is
>> taken.
>>
>>
>> On 10/16/2016 06:35 PM, Jan Wolter wrote:
>>
>> Hello Gilles,
>>
>> the appImage version works as expected, even when I call it from panel
>> launcher. I noticed that this version has more icons (e.g. in the left-hand
>> panel) than my compiled version. And the icons have another style.
>>
>> Hence, there seems to be a problem with my compiled version.
>> I compiled dk v5 some month ago (but never used it). I searched in my
>> backups and found that I compiled dk before today on 26th July where dk was
>> installed to /opt/kf5.
>>
>> Today, I just
>>
>>    1. updated all git repositories,
>>    2. deleted old build folder,
>>    3. called bootstrap.linux
>>    4. switched to newly generated build folder
>>    5. called make (without errors)
>>    6. called sudo make install
>>
>> Afterwards dk was installed to / instead of /opt/kf5. Before, I used
>> exactly the same approach to compile dk (e.g. without giving a
>> DIGIKAM_INSTALL_PREFIX).
>> To see the differences compare the following files:
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/91057768/install_manifes
>> t_2016-07-26.txt
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/91057768/install_manifes
>> t_2016-10-16.txt
>>
>> So, I have two questions:
>>
>>    1. Why changed the installation place?
>>    2. Could this be a reason for my problems?
>>    When I call dk from the new installation place, there are some
>>    references to the old installation place:
>>    /bin $ ./digikam
>>    digikam.dbengine: Loading SQL code from config file
>>    "/opt/kf5/share/digikam/database/dbconfig.xml"
>>    digikam.widgets: Paths to color scheme :
>>    ("/opt/kf5/share/digikam/colorschemes")
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jan
>>
>> On 10/16/2016 05:41 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>
>> AppImage is a bundle container for Linux.
>>
>> download the file and just run it. It start digiKam without to install it
>> on your computer.
>>
>> More information here :
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppImage
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> 2016-10-16 17:36 GMT+02:00 Jan Wolter <jan at wolter.re>:
>>
>>> Hello Gilles,
>>>
>>> I started from a fresh account. My productive photo library is located
>>> on another PC with digikam 4.14. On this PC I have compiled dk v5, but
>>> never used or tested it before. Today, I created a photo library for test
>>> purposes and initially configured digikam. After that, I get the problem
>>> described in my last mail.
>>>
>>> Btw: What is AppImage and what does it have to do with my problem?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Jan
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/16/2016 05:22 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>
>>> If you start from a fresh account, can you reproduce the problem ?
>>>
>>> Typically, i would to be sure that problem is not located in
>>> configuration file backported from digiKam 4.x.
>>>
>>> Note : i just finalize AppImage bundle for digiKam. It's not yet
>>> complete, as for ex, the autodecetion of camera do not work yet, but as i
>>> can see 90% of application is suitable.
>>>
>>> Please do not use yet in production. Use a dedicated account for testing
>>> purpose.
>>>
>>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzeiVr-byqt5SUZRMGtWa3VCUDg
>>>
>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>
>>> 2016-10-16 17:11 GMT+02:00 Jan Wolter <jan at wolter.re>:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I compiled the actual digikam version from git on my Linux Mint 17.3
>>>> (based on Ubuntu 14.04) and have a similar problem.
>>>>
>>>> When I start digikam from terminal I see the splash screen and
>>>> afterwards the digikam window as expected:
>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/91057768/digikam-window-ok.png
>>>> (Btw: I have actual dk v5.3 installed but it appears splash screen from
>>>> version 5.1 instead of actual splash screen ->
>>>> https://www.digikam.org/splashcreens. Does anyone know, why?)
>>>>
>>>> But when I create a panel launcher that just calls /bin/digikam, I see
>>>> no splash screen but instead a small window with following text: "Loading
>>>> tools.5.3.0":
>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/91057768/digikam-window-
>>>> loading-tools.png
>>>> When digikam has started the menu bar seems to be broken, as there are
>>>> only two entries "Settings" and "Help":
>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/91057768/digikam-window-not-ok.png
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Jan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/29/2016 07:20 PM, Erick Moreno wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much, Gilles.
>>>>
>>>> Worked perfectly :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Gilles Caulier <
>>>> caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The menu entries missing in Image Editor are older editor plugins.
>>>>>
>>>>> With 5.2.0, all editor plugins have been transformed as pure tool
>>>>> loaded at the same time than editor. There are not loaded at runtime as
>>>>> classic plugin.
>>>>>
>>>>> The menu option are now hardcoded in editor code.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suspect that your menu description file based on XML has a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have file ~/.local/share/kxmlgui5/digikam/digikamimagewindowui.rc
>>>>> ? If yes, rename it and try again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>>
>>>>> 2016-09-29 18:11 GMT+02:00 Erick Moreno <erickmoreno at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At *15s* I'm trying to show the menus and they are empty. *This is
>>>>>> the problem*.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At *36s* I open Showphoto using "Open with" menu, and all the menus
>>>>>> are there. I put this on the video to show the difference.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Gilles Caulier <
>>>>>> caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry, but where is the dysfunction exactly in your video ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2016-09-29 17:52 GMT+02:00 Erick Moreno <erickmoreno at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I made a small video. Here: https://goo.gl/photos/dRpysvtk8MhuFLAa8
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also noted some other thing. The default keyboard shortcuts to the
>>>>>>>> tools that are under the missing menus are working.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My custom keyboard shortcuts apparently was lost after the upgrade.
>>>>>>>> Thats why I said before that the shortcuts was not working.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Gilles Caulier <
>>>>>>>> caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can you take a screenshot of the dysfunction an share it through
>>>>>>>>> the cloud...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2016-09-29 16:11 GMT+02:00 Erick Moreno <erickmoreno at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2 clicks on the image or pressing F4 on the keyboard.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If I right click on the image and open with showfoto, even inside
>>>>>>>>>> the digikam, it works well too.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Philip Johnsson <
>>>>>>>>>> philip.johnsson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> How do you open showfoto 5 when it doesn't work with the menus?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> /Philip
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:20 PM, Erick Moreno <
>>>>>>>>>>> erickmoreno at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I made some other tests and find out an interesting thing.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> If I open showfoto5 directly from command line (without edit
>>>>>>>>>>>> command from digikam) it works correctly, the menus are there. I can open
>>>>>>>>>>>> an image and edit it without problems. The same if I right click on an
>>>>>>>>>>>> image and choose open with Showfoto5.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> That does not make sense to me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Erick Moreno <
>>>>>>>>>>>> erickmoreno at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> No Philip,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The menus are clickable but they are empty, they simply don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>> have any option, not greyed out.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> To some of these features I know the keyboard shortcuts, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> these shortcuts are not working neider.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Philip Johnsson <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> philip.johnsson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You should have functions in those menus in showfoto 5.2 but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they are greyed out if you have no image shown in showfoto. These menus
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should have about the same content of feature that you should find in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> digikam 5.2. Do you see the functions there (in digikam 5.2) in those menus?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /Philip
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Erick Moreno <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> erickmoreno at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm a happy Digikam and Philip's PPA user from a long time
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> now. Yesterday I upgraded from Digikam 5.1 to 5.2 and everything seemed to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> work well, as always.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But, today I noticed that showfoto is not showing the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> content of the  menus: Color, Improve, Decorate and Effects (I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> translating from portuguese).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, I'm getting this message at the terminal:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> void DBusMenuExporterPrivate::fillLayoutItem(DBusMenuLayoutItem*,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> QMenu*, int, int, const QStringList&): No id for action
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is this a bug or I did something wrong?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you guys
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Erick Moreno*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> google.com/+ErickMoreno
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://google.com/+ErickMoreno/about>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>
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