[digiKam-users] error start of internal server

[Remco Viëtor]

On lundi 20 juin 2022 11:39:19 CEST Dr. Martin Senftleben wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was using digikam since version 2 or so and was mostly happy with it.
> For some years I was also on this list, until I left it to reduce the
> number of mails I am receiving and because I didn't have any problems.
> This has changed. Already the before last version had trouble with the
> database, which, however, I could solve with the help of some info
> provided on the Internet.
> This time it's another problem, which I cannot solve. I need to
> translate from German, hence the wording might not be the same as you
> might expect, but I hope you get the meaning. When starting digikam, I
> get the following:
> 
> "Error when starting the internal server
> 
> The database process was stopped unexpectedly while establishing a
> connection.
> Program: mysqld
> Arguments:
> --defaults-file=~/.local/share/digikam/mysql.conf,
> --datadir=~/digikam/.mysql.digikam/db_data,
> --socket=~/.local/share/digikam/db_misc/mysql.socket
> Process error: timed out"
> 
> The error occurs almost immediately after starting digikam. I checked
> and found that in ~/.local/share/digikam/db_misc/ there is no file
> called "mysql.socket". This probably explains the error. The question
> is: why is there none?
> The other mentioned files exist, and it worked all before the last
> update with those files. I have version 7.6.0-4 of digikam, running
> Manjaro Linux (64 bit) with all system files up to date.
> 
> I apologize in advance if that has been discussed before. I didn't find
> anything in the archive or elsewhere on the internet.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Martin

Perhaps have a look at :
https://discuss.pixls.us/t/digikam-problems-with-the-mysql/31196/

and:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=277078

In short, Digikam (and some others) don't work with Mariabd version 10.8.x, 
which seems to be a development version (so not recommended for production 
use, you see why...)