[digiKam-users] Digikam 7.0 & 7.1 won't load past the flash screen

[Kent Dutton]

Hello Gilles
I have followed yout instructions and now have Digikam 7.2 BETA working.
I am going to continue using this version as it seems to be working very
well, it seems very much quicker than v6.1
I want to thank you guys for all the time and help, keep up the great work.

Thanks
Kent Dutton


On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 at 06:54, Kent Dutton <kent.m.dutton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Gilles
> Thank you very much for that.
> I will get that setup over the weekend and try again for you.
>
> Kent Dutton
>
>
> On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 at 05:15, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kent
>>
>> Happy new year.
>>
>> On operating systems such as Linux, macOS and Windows, it's possible to
>> set up environment variables (strings tuple) to tune features at run time.
>> This is the case to activate verbose debug trace from digiKam.
>>
>> These env.var do not exist on your computer. You just need to append
>> these variables on the list from the Windows computer properties panel. An
>> example is given here, for assigning PATH variable :
>>
>> https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm
>>
>> This is exactly the same way to do for digiKam variables.
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>>
>> Le jeu. 31 déc. 2020 à 22:01, Kent Dutton <kent.m.dutton at gmail.com> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I have changed the file and removed it.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry I do not understand what you mean by:
>>>
>>>
>>> *The log contains many messages from other programs, but little from
>>> digiKam,because the debug output is not active. The environment variable
>>> must be set.  *
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I do not understand:
>>>
>>> Before to start digiKam and DebugView, from your Windows System Info
>>> panel, add a new user variable with these criteria:
>>>
>>>     name: "QT_LOGGING_RULES"
>>>     value: "digikam*=true"
>>>
>>> I have uninstalled then re-installed version 7.1 with no luck, I have
>>> re-installed version 6.1 and it works, I have attached another debugger
>>> file for you.
>>>
>>> Kent Dutton
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 at 18:12, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The log contains many messages from other programs, but little from
>>>> digiKam,
>>>> because the debug output is not active. The environment variable must
>>>> be set.
>>>>
>>>> But please remove this file as a test: C:/Users/Kent/Pictures/Family
>>>> Tree/Dick
>>>> Ja 599-03.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Maik
>>>>
>>>> Am Donnerstag, 31. Dezember 2020, 07:20:59 CET schrieb Kent Dutton:
>>>> > Hello Gilles
>>>> > I have run the Debug View and have attached a file, hopes this is
>>>> what you
>>>> > need.
>>>> > Not sure what or where I am supposed to do this:
>>>> >
>>>> > On Windows, application text output is not sent to the terminal. You
>>>> need
>>>> > to install DebugView tool
>>>> > <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896647.aspx> to
>>>> capture
>>>> > text traces generated by digiKam.
>>>> >
>>>> > Before to start digiKam and DebugView, from your Windows System Info
>>>> panel,
>>>> > add a new user variable with these criteria:
>>>> >
>>>> >     name: "QT_LOGGING_RULES"
>>>> >     value: "digikam*=true"
>>>> >
>>>> > Kent Dutton
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 at 09:57, Gilles Caulier <
>>>> caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
>>>> >
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> > > Hi,
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Under Windows we need an extra tool from Microsoft to get extra
>>>> debug
>>>> > > traces while digiKam run : DebugView.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Look more details at this page :
>>>> > >
>>>> > > https://www.digikam.org/contribute/
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Best
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Gilles Caulier
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Le mer. 30 déc. 2020 à 21:12, Kent Dutton <kent.m.dutton at gmail.com>
>>>> a
>>>> > >
>>>> > > écrit :
>>>> > > > I have just installed Digikam 7.1 on a Windows 10 PC. It will not
>>>> get
>>>> > >
>>>> > > past the splash screen, loading tools.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > > As a user, not a programmer, I have not been able to find any
>>>> help with
>>>> > >
>>>> > > my online searches.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > > I have re-installed version 6.1 and that will still work.
>>>> > > > I look forward to any help you can suggest. I am sorry if this is
>>>> the
>>>> > >
>>>> > > wrong place to ask for this help but it seems to be my last resort
>>>> > >
>>>> > > > Kent Dutton
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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