digikam 5.1.0 start-up hanging on OSX

[Gilles Caulier]

The screenshot do not give any information to help you.

We need a console trace. Start digiKam from a console as explained here :

https://www.digikam.org/contrib

I responded to bugzilla about broken link to download 5.4.0 pre installer
for MacOS :

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367853#c8

Gilles Caulier

2017-01-07 15:16 GMT+01:00 Pingu-Mann-Zɔro <pingumann0 at gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> after not being able to carry on further with this issue since August
> 2016, I returned
> again today and installed DK 3.5.0.
>
> The reading of the collections problem and bug 367853 still seems to exist.
> <https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367853>
>
> Gilles, in response to your suggestion: "I also shared a new fresh PKG
> installer in this entry, if you is interested.", I tried to download
> your suggested installer, Unfortunately
> the link is dead now. Andrea also reports to have tried it, without
> result (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367853#c4)
>
> Any new info on the issue?
>
> My system now:
> DigiKam 5.3.0
> MacOS Sierra, MacBookPro 17" 16GB RAM i7 CPU, 2011, 850GB SSD for
> Applications & 2TB HDD for Data in DVD Bay, both on same SATAIII bus.
> Photos & iPhoto were not used, negating large db problems with them.
>
> Attachment of Hangup screen --
> It remains there for hours (tested up to 6 hrs):
> Screen Shot 2017-01-05 at 18.31.43.png
> _________________________
> Sometimes it crashes with this data from system protocol:
> ___________
> Process:               digikam [44928]
> Path:                  /opt/digikam/*/digikam.app/Contents/MacOS/digikam
> Identifier:            digikam
> Version:               5.3.0 (5.3.0)
> Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
> Parent Process:        ??? [1]
> Responsible:           digikam [44928]
> User ID:               501
> OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.12.2 (16C67)
> ___________
>
>
> Regards,
> Pingumann0
>
>
>
> On 27/08/2016 10:42, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > Please see bug 367853 <https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367853>
> >
> > I also shared a new fresh PKG installer in this entry, if you is
> > interested.
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> >
> > 2016-08-25 9:29 GMT+02:00 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com
> > <mailto:caulier.gilles at gmail.com>>:
> >
> >
> >
> >     2016-08-24 18:58 GMT+02:00 Pingu-Mann-Zɔro <pingumann0 at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:pingumann0 at gmail.com>>:
> >
> >         No. the HDD is in the DVD Bay, connected to the SATAIII bus.
> >         It has the same bus as the SSD. The older Intel-Macs
> >         (Jobs-Era) only have USB2, so USB2 attached Drives are a pain
> >         in the A. I now use a BlueRay-DVD over the USB2, in the rather
> >         few times I need it these days.
> >
> >         I keep Data separate from OS for obvious reasons, and removed
> >         the less needed DVD.
> >
> >         The only possible issue can perhaps be that the Data on the
> >         HDD is soft linked in the /Users/User-Name/Pictures directory
> >         to standard the "Pictures" directory of the OSX system. It has
> >         worked very well without any issues with all OSX 8-10 versions
> >         till now.
> >
> >         I heard that sqlite is rather lite-wheight in speed. Anyone
> >         tried a MySQL set-up locally on a MBP?
> >
> >
> >     Me on my macbook pro. The server was installed on configured in my
> >     Linux desktop for testing. It work, but take a care that wiki
> >     connection will slow down digiKam. Using ethernet give better
> results.
> >
> >     Gilles Caulier
> >
> >
>
>
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