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

[Gilles Caulier]

Thanks for your feedback and happy new year.

Best regards

Gilles Caulier


Le sam. 2 janv. 2021 à 07:55, Kent Dutton <kent.m.dutton at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> 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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