[digiKam-users] error start of internal server

[Dr. Martin Senftleben]

Thank you, that was helpful. Strange I didn't find those sites.

Am 20.06.22 um 11:45 schrieb 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...)
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Herzliche Grüße!

Martin Senftleben