[digiKam-users] Refresh not working

Gilles Caulier caulier.gilles at gmail.com
Fri Feb 22 15:03:18 GMT 2019


Using the AppImage is safe, at least to test and see if the problem still
exists. backup your database, and create a new one with 6.0.0. Look if
problem is fixed or not.

Gilles Caulier

Le ven. 22 févr. 2019 à 16:00, Stuart T Rogers <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>
a écrit :

> Gilles
>
> I am waiting for V6 to be compiled and available in the openSUSE
> Tumbleweed repositories rather than having to compile it or use the
> appimage.
>
> I know this problem does not make sense but the same error happens on
> any album I try to refresh which exists on this partition.
>
> I have another partition with other albums on it and a refresh on that
> does not show any error, however that partition is an NTFS formatted one
> which used to be shared with a now defunct windows system.
>
> Stuart
>
> On 22/02/2019 14:50, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > digikam.general: scan mode: ScheduleCollectionScan ::
> > ("/home/stuart/Work/Graphics1/Pentax-K-70/2019/02/")
> > digikam.database: Folder does not exist or is not readable:
> > "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics11/Pentax-K-70/2019/02"
> >
> > Very strange...
> >
> > Q: why not to use 6.0.0 and to rebuild the database from scratch, step
> > by step, collection by collection. With more than 630 bugs closed in
> > this release, and 2 years of devel, there is a chance to see this
> > problem disappear...
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> >
> > Le ven. 22 févr. 2019 à 15:43, Stuart T Rogers
> > <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>> a
> écrit :
> >
> >     The partition is a 506GB EXT4 partition mounted at
> >     /home/stuart/Work/Graphics1. The partition has 380GB free and I have
> >     validated the structure and it shows no errors.
> >
> >     The database is SQLite and was a new database so no hang over from
> >     previous database.
> >
> >     I have attached the console trace from startup of digikam through to
> >     the
> >     end of a refresh using F5 key  on the Pentax-K-70/2019/02 album
> >
> >     Stuart
> >
> >     On 22/02/2019 13:46, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> >      > No idea... which is the partition type of /home/stuart/Work/... ?
> >      > What's the trace of full rescan from scratch ? Just redirect the
> >     console
> >      > to a text file compress it and share.
> >      > What's the database type ?
> >      >
> >      > Gilles Caulier
> >      >
> >      > Le ven. 22 févr. 2019 à 14:31, Stuart T Rogers
> >      > <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>
> >     <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk
> >     <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>>> a écrit :
> >      >
> >      >     I have now started digikam again with a completely new set of
> >     databases
> >      >     and believe it or not the error still exists.
> >      >
> >      >     digikam.database: Folder does not exist or is not readable:
> >      >     "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics11/Pentax-K-70/2019/02"
> >      >
> >      >     now I have no idea how to resolve this error. How can digikam
> >     come up
> >      >     with this folder name which does not exists anywhere in my
> >     hard drive?
> >      >     The correct part of the path contains Graphics1 which exists
> >     and the
> >      >     contents display just fine.
> >      >
> >      >     Stuart
> >      >
> >      >     On 21/02/2019 12:19, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
> >      >      > I did another clean up of everything but still see the
> error
> >      >      >
> >      >      > digikam.database: Folder does not exist or is not readable:
> >      >      > "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics11"
> >      >      >
> >      >      > as soon as I try to add an album to Graphics1.
> >      >      >
> >      >      > Stuart
> >      >      >
> >      >      > On 21/02/2019 12:07, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
> >      >      >> I tried cleaning up just the one album which contained
> >     the issue
> >      >     but
> >      >      >> it has not resolved the issue. I now see a slightly
> different
> >      >     message
> >      >      >>
> >      >      >> digikam.database: Folder does not exist or is not
> readable:
> >      >      >> "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics11"
> >      >      >>
> >      >      >> so it looks like it thinking there may be an album called
> >      >     Graphics11
> >      >      >> but none exists and browsing the sqlite database I can
> >     find no
> >      >      >> reference to Graphics11.
> >      >      >>
> >      >      >> Maybe I need to clean up everything?
> >      >      >>
> >      >      >> Stuart
> >      >      >>
> >      >      >> On 21/02/2019 11:08, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> >      >      >>> Try to use the Maintenance tool dedicated to cleanup the
> >     database
> >      >      >>> (Look in Tools/Maintenance dialog).
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>> Gilles Caulier
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>> Le jeu. 21 févr. 2019 à 12:03, Stuart T Rogers
> >      >      >>> <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk
> >     <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>
> >     <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk <mailto:
> stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>>
> >      >     <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk
> >     <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>
> >      >     <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk
> >     <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>>>> a
> >      >      >>> écrit :
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     Gilles
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     More on my problem with 5.9 with refresh not finding
> new
> >      >     items in a
> >      >      >>>     folder when either saving from GIMP or Darktable or
> >     indeed
> >      >     copying
> >      >      >>>     images from an SD card using a file manager (dolphin
> >     in my
> >      >     case).
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     I started digikam from a console and got these
> messages
> >      >     when doing a
> >      >      >>>     refresh:-
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     digikam.general: Using  4  CPU core to run threads
> >      >      >>>     digikam.database: No itemShortInfo could be
> >     retrieved from the
> >      >      >>> database
> >      >      >>>     for image "IMGP0001.JPG"
> >      >      >>>     digikam.database: No itemShortInfo could be
> >     retrieved from the
> >      >      >>> database
> >      >      >>>     for image "IMGP0002.JPG"
> >      >      >>>     digikam.database: No itemShortInfo could be
> >     retrieved from the
> >      >      >>> database
> >      >      >>>     for image "IMGP0005.DNG"
> >      >      >>>     digikam.general: Event is dispatched through a
> >     passive pop-up
> >      >      >>>     QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to QWidget "",
> >     which
> >      >     already
> >      >      >>>     has a
> >      >      >>>     layout
> >      >      >>>     digikam.general: scan mode: ScheduleCollectionScan ::
> >      >      >>>     ("/home/stuart/Work/Graphics1/Pentax-K-70/2019/02/")
> >      >      >>>     digikam.general: Cancel Main Thread
> >      >      >>>     digikam.general: Cancel Main Thread
> >      >      >>>     digikam.database: Folder does not exist or is not
> >     readable:
> >      >      >>>     "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics11/Pentax-K-70/2019/02"
> >      >      >>>     digikam.general: Event is dispatched through a
> >     passive pop-up
> >      >      >>>     QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to QWidget "",
> >     which
> >      >     already
> >      >      >>>     has a
> >      >      >>>     layout
> >      >      >>>     digikam.geoiface: ----
> >      >      >>>     digikam.general: Using  4  CPU core to run threads
> >      >      >>>     digikam.general: Action Thread run  1  new jobs
> >      >      >>>     digikam.general: Cancel Main Thread
> >      >      >>>     digikam.general: One job is done
> >      >      >>>     digikam.general: Cancel Main Thread
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     Please note that digikam has read the folder shown
> and
> >      >     displayed the
> >      >      >>>     existing photos which were in it to start with.
> >     Restarting
> >      >      >>> digikam does
> >      >      >>>     indeed show the new photos OK when it does the
> >     initial find
> >      >     of new
> >      >      >>>     items
> >      >      >>>     at start up.
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     For some reason or other I keep seeing the following
> >     message
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     digikam.database: Folder does not exist or is not
> >     readable:
> >      >      >>>     "/home/stuart/Work/Graphics11/Pentax-K-70/2019/02"
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     the path displayed is wrong in that it should read
> >     /Graphics1/
> >      >      >>> and not
> >      >      >>>     as shown /Graphics11/
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     I am guessing that there is an error in the database
> >      >     somewhere but I
> >      >      >>>     have no idea where it might be or how it might have
> come
> >      >     about. I
> >      >      >>> also
> >      >      >>>     guess that this might be the cause of the failure to
> >     find
> >      >     new items.
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     How do I fix it easily as the database has several
> >     1000's of
> >      >      >>> photos in
> >      >      >>>     it and a total rebuild with take ages?
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     Stuart
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     On 17/02/2019 09:55, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
> >      >      >>>      > I am finding that when I open an image from within
> >      >     digikam to
> >      >      >>>     edit in
> >      >      >>>      > say darktable and save it to a folder within an
> >     album I am
> >      >      >>> unable to
> >      >      >>>      > view any of the saved images within digikam even
> >     when I use
> >      >      >>>     refresh. I
> >      >      >>>      > have to close digikam and open it again for
> >     images to be
> >      >      >>> found. I am
> >      >      >>>      > using digikam 5.9 in openSUSE Tumbleweed.
> >      >      >>>      >
> >      >      >>>      > Stuart
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>>     --     Website: https://www.stella-maris.org.uk
> >      >      >>>     or:      https//www.broadstairs.org
> >     <http://www.broadstairs.org>
> >      >     <http://www.broadstairs.org> <http://www.broadstairs.org>
> >      >      >>>
> >      >      >>
> >      >      >
> >      >
> >      >     --
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> >      >     or:      https//www.broadstairs.org
> >     <http://www.broadstairs.org> <http://www.broadstairs.org>
> >      >
> >
> >     --
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> >
>
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