Missing menus

Thu Mar 2 07:59:47 GMT 2017

This is my work machine. I use the same machine for work and photography,
and doing that would kill my workflow. I tried that already, and gave up on
it. It just doesn't work the way I do. Thanks for the suggestion though.

It is JUST a Unity problem, but it only happens with Digikam. All other KDE
apps work fine.

regards
Derek

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Philip Johnsson <philip.johnsson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Isn't this "just" a Unity problem? What about installing an other desktop
> environment to use with digikam as a workaround? Either login in using it
> only the times you use digikam and other times login with Unity if you
> really love it.
>
> Not the best solution but if it bothers you then it's one solution for the
> time being.
>
> Just a thought...
>
> /Philip
>
>
> On 2 Mar 2017 07:38, "Derek Keats" <derek at dkeats.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry to belabour this... but according to the Ubuntu Launchpad
>> bug-tracking instructions
>>
>> Typically, what isn't supported is software from a PPA (Personal Package
>> Archive), 3rd party packages, self-compiled software, etc. For more on
>> supported Ubuntu repositories, please see here. If you are using
>> unsupported software, it is best to file a bug in that program's bug
>> tracker directly.
>>
>> I think if I report this but with Ubuntu, it will be ignored because the
>> version is 'unsupported'. I am scared now that if Digikam updates via the
>> PPA as I would wish, then my several years of developing a photography
>> workflow for Digikam will be lost. So I have to be content with a
>> semi-working version and remove the PPA. DK 5.4 works, but has the double
>> menu, DK 5.5 appimage is totally broken even on Ubuntu 16.04. If I had
>> money I would pay a bounty to have this fixed, but I am just a humble
>> amateur photography user.
>>
>> What do I do? Is there anyone with more technical knowledge than me who
>> can take a look at the code one more time in relation to Unity?
>>
>> Just a FYI, my photos are all 'open source' (CC:BY) or 'public domain'
>> (CC:0), and thanks to being able to work fast and tag images with Digikam,
>> I have 8 million views on Flickr, and many thousands of uses under those
>> licenses. It is heart rending to think of not using DK for this. I will do
>> ANYTHING I can from my end to help and do my part to get this bug fixed.
>> But it seems to be stuck between a rock and a hard place.
>>
>> Thanks for understanding,
>> regards
>> Derek
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Derek Keats <derek at dkeats.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I must apologies for this, but 50% of the issue is there in Ubuntu
>>> 16.04. I was so happy to be able to get back to managing and posting my
>>> photos that I didn't notice the issue. This may help diagnose the
>>> problem... which in my naive way of thinking has to be have something to do
>>> with Digikam interacting with the Unity menu.
>>>
>>> So there are two places the menubar can be: On the application window at
>>> the top, and on the topbar as per the Mac way.
>>>
>>> The first time I open the Digikam editor on Ubuntu 16.04, the menubar is
>>> present in both places. The second time I open it, it is only present on
>>> the Digikam editor window. It has disappeared from the top. I can still use
>>> it, but it is not the correct behaviour.
>>>
>>> Before I log it against Unity, is it appropriate to ask if it can be
>>> double checked in the DK code? Sorry if that is out of line, but I really
>>> want to get to the bottom of this.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Derek
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Gilles Caulier <
>>> caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, we can considerate a regression from Unity, not from digiKAm, as
>>>> previous version work as expected...
>>>>
>>>> Report this problem to Unity bugzilla...
>>>>
>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>
>>>> 2017-02-25 14:32 GMT+01:00 Derek Keats <derek at dkeats.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> Here is a result of my testing (all tests in VMs, but Elementary also
>>>>> tested on old laptop):
>>>>>
>>>>> Ubuntu 16.10 Unity -- - Has the issue reported here so DK unusable
>>>>> Ubuntu 16.04 Unity -- Works as expected
>>>>> Ubuntu 16.10 Gnome --- Works as expected
>>>>> Ubuntu 16.10 KDE -- Works as expected
>>>>> Elementary OS Loki -- Works as expected
>>>>> Manjaro 17.0 KDE -- Works as expected
>>>>> Linuxmint 18.1 cinnamon -- Works as expected
>>>>>
>>>>> It would seem to be an issue with Ubuntu 16.10 Unity, rather than
>>>>> Ubuntu per se or Digikam per se.
>>>>>
>>>>> regards
>>>>> Derek
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Derek,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please check if the bug exists in Ubuntu GNOME if you have a chance.
>>>>>> I think it might be A GNOME 3 thing not Unity.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>>>> From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: 2017-02-21 10:14 AM (GMT-07:00)
>>>>>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>>>>>> power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Missing menus
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't ignore Ubuntu, else i will not speak about in this room.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I want mean that Ubuntu is not finalized as other desktop present
>>>>>> under Linux since a very long time. And dysfunctions exists and must be
>>>>>> resolved by Ubuntu team. Why i will pass precious time for Ubuntu after
>>>>>> all, if the desktop manager as weird side effects on applications which
>>>>>> exist before Ubuntu as well..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ubuntu is not Linux after all... and as i can see, with my very long
>>>>>> experience in computer science, well the Ubuntu desktop is buggous and not
>>>>>> finalized. This is the reality, i'm sorry...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If Ubuntu team propose patches to improve digiKam under this distro,
>>>>>> i will have no problem to review and apply. For the moment, I see nothing
>>>>>> coming from Ubuntu star...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or perhaps digiKam is not a priority or is considerate as a weird
>>>>>> application, that i can understand. But in this case, do not ask me to
>>>>>> support more and more this distro as well...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2017-02-21 18:02 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can't regret the fact that Ubuntu gave non-geeks like me a
>>>>>>> chance to enjoy using an open source OS though.
>>>>>>> Yes in some cases it works not the way the rest distributions do but
>>>>>>> we still need to respect it as a part of the community and should not
>>>>>>> ignore it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>>>>> From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> Date: 2017-02-21 9:55 AM (GMT-07:00)
>>>>>>> To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with
>>>>>>> the power of open source <digikam-users at kde.org>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Missing menus
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> yes, i know. My remarks about Ubuntu are not about Debian...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2017-02-21 17:07 GMT+01:00 maderios <maderios at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 02/21/2017 02:12 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The truth is elsewhere (:-)))... As usual with Ubuntu, nothing
>>>>>>>>> work as
>>>>>>>>> other Linux boxes...
>>>>>>>>> This confirm my point of view about this distro, and you know it
>>>>>>>>> already.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>> Every knows Ubuntu is Ubuntu, not Debian... :)
>>>>>>>> Digikam works fine with Debian.
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Maderios
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dr Derek W. Keats, PhD
>>>>> IT Strategy, Higher Education Strategy, Technology Innovation
>>>>> Kenga Solutions Pty Ltd
>>>>> 2 Hollywood Drive, Northcliff, Johannesburg
>>>>> Email: derek at dkeats.com
>>>>> Phone: +27 82 787 0169 <+27%2082%20787%200169> / +27 11 477 4954
>>>>> <+27%2011%20477%204954>
>>>>> Web: http://www.dkeats.com
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dr Derek W. Keats, PhD
>>> IT Strategy, Higher Education Strategy, Technology Innovation
>>> Kenga Solutions Pty Ltd
>>> 2 Hollywood Drive, Northcliff, Johannesburg
>>> Email: derek at dkeats.com
>>> Phone: +27 82 787 0169 <+27%2082%20787%200169> / +27 11 477 4954
>>> <+27%2011%20477%204954>
>>> Web: http://www.dkeats.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dr Derek W. Keats, PhD
>> IT Strategy, Higher Education Strategy, Technology Innovation
>> Kenga Solutions Pty Ltd
>> 2 Hollywood Drive, Northcliff, Johannesburg
>> Email: derek at dkeats.com
>> Phone: +27 82 787 0169 <+27%2082%20787%200169> / +27 11 477 4954
>> <+27%2011%20477%204954>
>> Web: http://www.dkeats.com
>>
>

-- 
Dr Derek W. Keats, PhD
IT Strategy, Higher Education Strategy, Technology Innovation
Kenga Solutions Pty Ltd
2 Hollywood Drive, Northcliff, Johannesburg
Email: derek at dkeats.com
Phone: +27 82 787 0169 / +27 11 477 4954
Web: http://www.dkeats.com
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