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[Andrey Goreev]

Sorry I only got your message. Looks like my Gmail glitched. 
Do you use any batch scripts to import pictures to your collection?
The root of your collection is the folder you pointed as "Collection" in digiKam settings. So if you set /home/user/pictures as "Collection" your folders would be /home/user/pictures/photos/photos/photos...photos 
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-------- Original message --------From: YGPC <ygpc at hushmail.com> Date: 2017-03-14  10:03 PM  (GMT-07:00) To: digikam-users at kde.org Subject: Re: 

    Sent on:  15 March 2017, at 05:03 pm
    Hello again
    Got back sooner than I
          thought. Attached is the screen shot you asked for. This comes
          up as soon as Digikam starts
    When
            you email me back, in addition to your helpful suggestion/s
            to fix the problem, can you tell me where on my computer all
            these "Photos" folder/files are, then I can go there and
            delete. If I try and delete within Digikam, I get a grayed
            computer
              screen on and off (slowly) but no
                deletions
    Await
                  your reply with interest, many thanks

    
    
    

      On 15/03/17 16:22, Andrey Goreev wrote:

    
    
      
      If you could record your screen and share the video with us
        that would help to understand the issue.
      

      
      I have never seen anything like that.
      

      
      
        Sent from my
          Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
      
      

      
      
        -------- Original message --------
        From: YGPC <ygpc at hushmail.com> 
        Date: 2017-03-14 6:16 PM (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: 
        

        
      
      Sent on:  15 March 2017, at 01:16 pm

      
      Hi Andrew
      I
              did use the "Collection" way but all
                I go was the 'head" folder so to speak, none of the
                sub-folders or individual photo/image files, any
                suggestions on why this happened
      Gregory

      
      

        

      
      On 15/03/17 12:26, Andrew Goodbody
        wrote:

      
      OK, this sounds like you are trying to do the wrong
        thing. For photos on the computer, you add that location as a
        'Collection' to digiKam, you do not 'Import' them. Importing
        will make a copy of the images and is used to bring in photos
        from an external source eg camera or flash card etc. 

        

        Andrew 

        

        On 14/03/17 22:58, YGPC wrote: 

        Hi 

          

          I do have all the required permissions, like can read and
          write to all 

          drives, so can't be that. I did in between writing back and
          forth get 

          Digikam to find the Photos folder, click to import and all
          that was 

          imported was the main folder, "Photos" no sub folders and it
          has 

          duplicated the Photos folder about 40 times, each folder
          called photos 

          being a sub folder of the previous! 

          

          Have spent hours on this and about ready to just delete all
          and 

          everything associated with DigiKam and look for something that
          works, 

          unless you can convince me otherwise. I see I am not alone
          with this 

          same problem 

          

          Gregory 

          

          

          

          On 15/03/17 11:48, Andreas T. Ege wrote: 

          Hello, 

            

            On 14.03.2017 22:05, YGPC wrote: 

            Hi 

              Have just installed Digikam 5 on Ubuntu, my photo folder
              in on a 

              separate drive (within the computer, not external USB etc)
              and Digikam 

              can't "see" the other drive, just only sees the system
              drive so can't 

              import. Any chance of a suggestion, if so, greatly
              appreciated 

              Have tried ALL found suggestions, nothing works for me! 

              Gregory 

              

            
            maybe some more information about the hard drive(s), system
            setup and 

            what "ALL found suggestions" that are not working are? 

            

            Besides the suggested mount possibility I would think about
            permissions 

            as a first step. You might have tried that, if running
            digikam as root 

            does find the drive/ folders it would suggest a permission
            problem. 

            Another try is to right click on one of the images in your
            folder and 

            "open with" digikam. At least you'd then know whether
            digikam can 

            actually "see" the images or not. 

            

            

          
          

        
        

      
      

    
    

  
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