[digiKam-users] Running 2 instances of DigiKam?

[Maik Qualmann]

I had only recently tried it, the DBus feature still works very well.

Maik

Am Samstag, 22. Oktober 2022, 18:30:33 CEST schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> Hi,
> 
> Opening 2 instances is possible, else we had a singleton mechanism in the
> code.
> 
> The most important is : 1 first instance is a master on the database,
> other one can read only.
> 
> Under Linux, and Linux only with a desktop and native version (not
> AppImage bundle), the DBus interface is used to sync slave instances
> about changes done in the database. Instances are a little bit
> synchronized, but I must admit that I haven't checked this feature
> since a while. So take care.
> 
> Q: Instead of using 2 digiKam instances to compare images+metadata,
> why not use the Light Table ?
> 
> Best
> Gilles Caulier
> 
> Le ven. 21 oct. 2022 à 18:16, Mick Sulley <mick at sulley.info> a écrit :
> > Running DK 7.7 AppImage in Linux Mint
> > 
> > On several occasions in the past I have opened DK twice to enable easy
> > comparison of contents in sub folders.  Just tried again and it is low
> > and I think it has locked up.
> > 
> > Is it acceptable to run two (or more) instances or it it something I
> > really should not be doing?
> > 
> > Mick