Setup Problem - Specifying Root Folder - Ubuntu

[gene heskett]

On 7/18/23 12:54, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> In the digiKam settings under Collections, change your root folder to network
> folder for a test. The function is available with the button as a round
> circle.
> Internally, the network folder is then only identified via the path, whether it
> exists.
> 
msg is cannot add a collection for the following paths, and lists:
/home/me/Pictures
/home/me/Photos

After selecting them in the network tab. msg does not show up until 
final "ok", closing the settings window is clicked on. I took a 
spectacle shot of it, but can't find it to attach it. So I took a 2nd, 
but saved it in my tmp, so its attached.
> Maik
> 
> Am Dienstag, 18. Juli 2023, 16:13:34 CEST schrieb gene heskett:
>> On 7/18/23 08:01, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> It’s typically a problem with a bundle as flatpak or snap witch run in a
>>> sandbox and make digiKam unusable. We do not support this kind of bundle
>>> and we do not understand why this kind of limitation exists
>>
>> I think this is hijacking a thread, but digiKam 8.2.0 is STILL unable to
>> import new pix it can see in my camera, its as if it has no perms to
>> create the image in the Pictures subdir of my ~/partition.  Shotwell is
>> a pita to use, but  for importing pix that can be seen in the camera, it
>> Just Works. But it buries them so deep in dated subdirs you then spend
>> and hour looking for them. DigiKam can see the same pix in the import
>> screen, but cannot make the copy to my hard drive. With no errors
>> reported.  Please fix.
>>
>>> Use the app image bundle that we provide, there is no limitation like this
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>
>>> Le mar. 18 juil. 2023 à 13:55, bedfordmd at aol.com <bedfordmd at aol.com> a
>>>
>>> écrit :
>>>> I'm a new digiKam user and am having difficulty with the first screen of
>>>> the setup wizard. I'm sure that solution is trivially simple, but
>>>> extensive
>>>> online searches have not revealed an answer.
>>>>
>>>> The issue relates to the setup screen in which I'm asked to provide the
>>>> root folder in which I store my photos. The photos are actually stored on
>>>> /home/mike/Photos but I'm unable to navigate to, or enter that folder. If
>>>> I
>>>> enter it manually, it says that the folder doesn't exist and gives me the
>>>> option of creating it. If I try to browse to it, it doesn't show the
>>>> folder, in fact, of all the folders below /home/mike/, the only one it
>>>> shows, and the only one it will accept if I enter it manually, is
>>>> /home/mike/Pictures. I have, therefore, accepted that folder for now, but
>>>> this is not ideal, and appears contrary to the information on the page,
>>>> which suggests that it's possible to specify pretty much any folder on
>>>> any
>>>> drive.
>>>>
>>>> Any pointers would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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