[digiKam-users] DigiKam 7.1.0 - Maxing out Drive and not terminating process on closing

[Maik Qualmann]

Activate the debug output by setting an environment variable in the Windows 
environment editor.

Variable:
QT_LOGGING_RULES

Value:
digikam.*=true

Download DebugView from Microsoft and run it. Start digiKam and upload the 
messages from DebugView here.

Maik

Am Sonntag, 11. Oktober 2020, 02:29:12 CEST schrieb daihill at tutanota.com:
> I have been using DigiKam for awhile now and really love it. But today I
> noticed that after running DigiKam7.1.0 the disk where my collection is
> maxes out at 100% the moment I launchDigikam. I have turned off "auto scan
> for new files on startup" Thedrive completely slows down dramatically for
> any access, read/write or evenjust changing folders. Closing DigiKam didn't
> change the performance and when Ilooked in system processes DigiKam.exe was
> still running. The moment I manuallyended the process my disk performance
> returned to normal.
> 
> 
> I tried migrating the data baseto my main C drive (ssd) but there was no
> change - and although the databasewas copied to my SSD it appeared that
> DigiKam was still using the copy on my"D" drive where it was originally and
> where my photo collection is.
> 
> 
> Anyone able to help? as unless Ican find a solution DigiKam for me will be
> unusable
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Dai