[digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding

Wed Mar 29 11:43:29 BST 2023

Your thumbnail database is defective, there is nothing you can do about it. 
Just delete the file "G:/photos/thumbnails-digikam.db" It will be recreated 
when digiKam starts and the thumbnails will be rebuilt during use or with the 
Maintenance Tool.

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 29. März 2023, 11:41:48 CEST schrieb Nadine Helkenn:
> Hi, Gilles
> 
> 
> G: is a 2Tb internal HDD. I have tested the drive & it has passed all tests
> (seagate tools. It is a seagate HDD).
> 
> 
> I copied the database files over to a different 2Tb internal drive & am
> running DigiKam database files from there. It is the same as the G: drive.
> I configured DigiKam to use the database on the second drive. All the
> photos have stayed where they were. The Photos I 8 Tb is an external USB
> drive mounted to the G: drive. I restarted DebugView & DigiKam. It ran for
> about 20 minutes without errors. At time mark 1237.93554688 the same error
> as with the G: drive started & continued until I forced it to stop. 
> 
> 
> I will continue exploring in the daylight hours tomorrow.
> 
> 
> Gratefully,
> 
> 
> Nadine H
>  
> From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> on behalf of Gilles
> Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 8:22 PM
> To: digikam-users at kde.org <digikam-users at kde.org>
> Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
>  
> Hi Nadine,
> 
> Did you see the giant data printed in hexadecimal on the log file?
> This is the cause of the time latency. capturing this amount of data
> takes a while and idle the computer. This data is probably a dump of
> the database section that digiKam cannot use in sql query. It comes
> from the Qt sql driver i think.
> 
> Definitely, the database sounds corrupted, for a reason that I ignore.
> 
> The G: drive is :
> 
> - A SSD or an old HDD ?
> - is it inside the computer or connected by USB as removable media ?
> - Is it safe, as no disk error appears when you check the disk with Windows
> ? - Your computer is a desktop or a laptop ?
> 
> I recommend checking G: for hardware corruptions or dysfunctions with
> a dedicated Windows tool.
> 
> Best
> 
> Gilles Caulier
> 
> Le mer. 29 mars 2023 à 04:53, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn at comcastnet> a écrit 
:
> > Hi, Gilles
> > 
> > It is a local hard drive. It is my DigiKam workspace drive. I’m mostly
> > scanning old photos these days. Once they are scanned, they are put in a
> > folder on this drive for processing within DigiKam, which involved
> > changing the date & adding as much metadata as I can (people tags,
> > geolocation, camera (if known), lighting, photographer, etc). After they
> > are processed they are moved to external harddrives. It is a 2Tb drive
> > with >1Tb free.
> > 
> > The errors you mention repeat ad nauseum. While DebugView is running,
> > DigiKam is unresponsive.
> > 
> > I have also noticed something strange. DigiKam continues to run in the
> > background & consumes significant resources (CPU & memory, not disk or
> > network) even after it has been closed normally. It requires ending the
> > process via Task Manager and/or rebooting the computer.
> > 
> > Gratefully,
> > 
> > Nadine H
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> on behalf of Gilles
> > Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 7:02 PM
> > To: digikam-users at kde.org <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
> > 
> > Hi Nadine,
> > 
> > Where is located G:/photos/ ?
> > 
> > This path is used to host the database files. It's on the network ? a
> > local disk ? a removable media ?
> > 
> > Also, there are plenty of database errors as :
> > 
> > 00000327 19.48903275 [11468] digikam.dbengine: Failure executing query:
> > 00000328 19.48903275 [11468] "REPLACE INTO UniqueHashes
> > (uniqueHash, fileSize, thumbId) VALUES (:a,:bb,:bc);"
> > 00000329 19.48903275 [11468] Error messages: "Unable to fetch
> > row" "database disk image is malformed" "11" 1
> > 00000330 19.48903275 [11468] Bound values: (QVariant(QString,
> > "5da4d227613ac8ad01d9ca969de2f78c"), QVariant(qlonglong, 196051342),
> > QVariant(int, 524768))
> > 00000331 19.49021149 [11468] digikam.dbengine: Failure executing query:
> > 00000332 19.49021149 [11468] "REPLACE INTO Thumbnails (id,
> > type, modificationDate, orientationHint, data) VALUES(:a, :bb, :bc,
> > 
> > :bd, :be);"
> > 
> > 00000333 19.49021149 [11468] Error messages: "Unable to fetch
> > row" "database disk image is malformed" "11" 1
> > 
> > 
> > Gilles
> > 
> > Le mer. 29 mars 2023 à 03:03, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn at comcastnet> a 
écrit :
> > > Logfile was too big. Shortened it more.
> > > 
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn at comcast.net>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 5:07 PM
> > > To: Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com>; digikam-users at kdeorg
> > > <digikam-users at kde.org> Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not
> > > responding
> > > 
> > > Thank you, Maik
> > > 
> > > I have included the first portion of the logfile. It is still running &
> > > the same lines are being repeated. This file is the first 400k. The
> > > complete files is > 338M, but is still running. If this log is looking
> > > at each of the image files, this could take a really long time. I have
> > > > 114k images.
> > > 
> > > Gratefully,
> > > Nadine H
> > > 
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> on behalf of Maik
> > > Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 11:01 PM
> > > To: digikam-users at kde.org <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
> > > 
> > > Uninstall digiKam-7.10.0 and download and install the upcoming
> > > digIkam-8.0.0 (without debug) from here:
> > > 
> > > https://files.kde.org/digikam/
> > > 
> > > After starting, go to the digiKam settings under Miscellaneous-> System
> > > and
> > > activate internal debugging. Start DebugView and restart digiKam. Post
> > > the
> > > complete log from the beginning.
> > > 
> > > Maik
> > > 
> > > Am Dienstag, 28. März 2023, 07:10:05 CEST schrieb Nadine Helkenn:
> > > > I actually thought that I had made some progress, but that is not the
> > > > case.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I have no idea why DigiKam is becoming non responsive, but it
> > > > continues to
> > > > happen. When it totally stops responding there are no entries in the
> > > > debug
> > > > log file.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > In an effort to get more information about my issue, I uninstalled
> > > > 7.10.0
> > > > and did a fresh install of 7.10.0-debug. I get the same log entries as
> > > > before.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Now I have tried something different. I went to tools-> maintenance ->
> > > > to
> > > > rebuild the thumbnails. DigiKam is using 12-16% of CPU & 7% of memory;
> > > > it
> > > > has been running for several hours & there is 0% shown in the progress
> > > > bar.
> > > > There are about 30 lines added to the log file: 1) "Proxy object
> > > > acquired
> > > > for read by thread 9940." & 2) "Thread 9940 releasing Proxy object for
> > > > read." Over & over again. And again the thumbnails are missing
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I need help.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Nadine H
> > > > 
> > > > From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> on behalf of
> > > > Nadine
> > > > Helkenn <cnhelkenn at comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2023 1:44 PM
> > > > To: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> > > > Cc: digikam-users at kde.org <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
> > > > 
> > > > I have completed the steps as outlined below; a totally fresh install.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > The log file shows several .dll files that are not loaded. I don't
> > > > understand why that is
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I also don't understand why the first thing that happens when DigiKam
> > > > loads
> > > > is an attempt to access the "A" drive (floppy).
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > The activity that I am working on is with the Image Editor to
> > > > straighten
> > > > print scans that are crooked, deleting the original, & renaming to the
> > > > original file name. The last entries in the log file refer to those
> > > > activities Including errors with Exiv2. I don't understand the impact
> > > > of
> > > > those entries
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > DigiKam loads properly, as far as I can tell. And it remains
> > > > responsive.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I have performed a few operations with metadata editing for changing
> > > > dates,
> > > > adding additional info (comments, lighting, etc.) & there doesn't seem
> > > > to
> > > > be any entries in the log to refer to these operations. I assume that
> > > > there
> > > > are no issues there.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Anything you can tell me that will help me to optimize DigiKam is
> > > > always
> > > > appreciated. Thank you for your help. I would like to see an
> > > > error-free
> > > > log file. I will continue to ocassionally record the log file
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Gratefully, Nadine H
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> on behalf of
> > > > Gilles
> > > > Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2023 2:56
> > > > AM
> > > > Cc: digikam-users at kde.org <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Nadine,
> > > > 
> > > > This best way to investigate and solve your problem will be to follow
> > > > the the online documentation instructions to :
> > > > 
> > > > 1/ Backup all configuration files from digiKam.
> > > > 
> > > > https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installationhtml#configura
> > > > tion-> files
> > > > 
> > > > 2/ Backup your database files.
> > > > 
> > > > https://docs.digikam.org/en/setup_application/database_settings.html#t
> > > > he-sql ite-database
> > > > 
> > > > 3/ Uninstall digiKam from your computer (C:/program Files/digiKam/
> > > > must disappear if you installed the application at this place).
> > > > 
> > > > 4/ Re-install digiKam 7.10.0.
> > > > 
> > > > 5/ Launch the application and see if it can be started properly.
> > > > 
> > > > Best
> > > > 
> > > > Gilles Caulier
> > > > 
> > > > Le jeu. 23 mars 2023 à 07:40, Gilles Caulier
> > > > 
> > > > <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit :
> > > > > Hi Nadine,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Sorry for the delay. I will try to respond to you in detail this
> > > > > evening. I'm busy in my office currently...
> > > > > 
> > > > > Best regards
> > > > > 
> > > > > Gilles Caulier
> > > > > 
> > > > > Le lun. 20 mars 2023 à 23:54, Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn at comcast.net>
> > > > > a
> > > 
> > > écrit :
> > > > > > Mail, I want you to know that I appreciate you & Gilles more than
> > > > > > you
> > > > > > can know. I am trying to understand what has happened here & even
> > > > > > more
> > > > > > so to fix my DigiKam.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Correct me if I am wrong:
> > > > > > The "Invalid escape sequence ... " messages are concerning screen
> > > > > > formatting.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > So if these lines in the digikamrc file are in error, what should
> > > > > > they
> > > > > > be?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > My initial issue with DigiKam "not responding" began while I was
> > > > > > using
> > > > > > 7.7.0. I have been using that version, I believe, since before
> > > > > > December
> > > > > > 2022. I upgraded to 7.9.0 a few days ago in an attempt to solve
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > "not responding" issue. As you can see, that didn't work When
> > > > > > Gilles
> > > > > > asked for Debug logs, I installed the debug version of 79.0. I
> > > > > > have
> > > > > > not installed any version of 8.x.x.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I'm not understanding why the log shows errors with loading
> > > > > > plug-ins.
> > > > > > The plug-ins appear to be located in the appropriate locations.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > What is the best way for me to resolve my situation? How do I
> > > > > > correct
> > > > > > the functionality of the digikamrc config file? How can I make
> > > > > > DigiKam
> > > > > > find the plug-ins? What version of DigiKam is best for me to use?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > As always, thank you so much,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Nadine H
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > > From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> on behalf of
> > > > > > Maik
> > > > > > Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2023
> > > > > > 11:58 PM
> > > > > > To: digikam-users at kde.org <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The wrong entries in the config file come from an (older) KXMLGui.
> > > > > > When
> > > > > > writing window positions, the monitor name and more should be
> > > > > > used.
> > > > > > Since the monitor device names were not always resolved under
> > > > > > Windows,
> > > > > > but also under Wayland, the sprintf placeholders were written as
> > > > > > config
> > > > > > keys.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Some plugins not loading looks like a mix of digiKam-7/8 in the
> > > > > > system.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Maik
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Am Montag, 20. März 2023, 07:04:43 CET schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> > > > > > > Le lun. 20 mars 2023 à 01:32, Nadine Helkenn
> > > > > > > <cnhelkenn at comcast.net> a
> > > > > > > écrit> > >
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Thank you, Gilles
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > All of those files are on an SSD that does not appear to have
> > > > > > > > any
> > > > > > > > failures. My virus protection is up to date. But no matter.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > The SSD is a removable one or installed on your computer ?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Did you install more than one digiKam version on your computer ?
> > > > > > > didi
> > > > > > > you use only the official installer from the 7x digiKamorg web
> > > > > > > site
> > > > > > > or did you try the 8.0.0 pre release installer ?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > The question now is how do I recover or replace those files to
> > > > > > > > make
> > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > work again?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > For the binary files, a re-install of digiKam must solve the
> > > > > > > problem
> > > > > > > if the same location is used to install and replace the old one.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > For the config file (which is a text INI file), did you backup
> > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > files listed in online doc :
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installationhtml#con
> > > > > > > figura
> > > > > > > tion-> files
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > If not, do it, and send me by mail an archive for investigation.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > You are a treasure,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > (:=)))
> > > > > > > Best regards
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Gilles
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Nadine H
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > > > > From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> on behalf
> > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > Gilles
> > > > > > > > Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, March 19,
> > > > > > > > 2023 3:02
> > > > > > > > PM
> > > > > > > > To: digikam-users at kde.org <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > I see 2 problems from the log. first one is the most
> > > > > > > > important:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 00000025 297.93386841 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
> > > > > > > > file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1296: "
> > > > > > > > "Invalid
> > > > > > > > escape sequence \"\\D\"."
> > > > > > > > 00000026 297.93399048 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
> > > > > > > > file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1334: "
> > > > > > > > "Invalid
> > > > > > > > escape sequence \"\\.\"."
> > > > > > > > 00000027 297.93405151 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
> > > > > > > > file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1334: "
> > > > > > > > "Invalid
> > > > > > > > escape sequence \"\\I\"."
> > > > > > > > 00000028 297.93411255 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
> > > > > > > > file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1335: "
> > > > > > > > "Invalid
> > > > > > > > escape sequence \"\\S\"."
> > > > > > > > 00000029 1974.45385742 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
> > > > > > > > file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1294: "
> > > > > > > > "Invalid
> > > > > > > > escape sequence \"\\D\"."
> > > > > > > > 00000030 1974.45385742 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
> > > > > > > > file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1296: "
> > > > > > > > "Invalid
> > > > > > > > escape sequence \"\\D\"."
> > > > > > > > 00000031 1974.45385742 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
> > > > > > > > file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1299: "
> > > > > > > > "Invalid
> > > > > > > > escape sequence \"\\D\"."
> > > > > > > > 00000032 1974.45410156 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
> > > > > > > > file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1301: "
> > > > > > > > "Invalid
> > > > > > > > escape sequence \"\\D\"."
> > > > > > > > 00000033 1974.45410156 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
> > > > > > > > file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1337: "
> > > > > > > > "Invalid
> > > > > > > > escape sequence \"\\.\"."
> > > > > > > > 00000034 1974.45422363 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
> > > > > > > > file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1337: "
> > > > > > > > "Invalid
> > > > > > > > escape sequence \"\\I\"."
> > > > > > > > 00000035 1974.45422363 [3132] kf.config.core: "KConfigIni: In
> > > > > > > > file C:/Users/Mom/AppData/Local/digikamrc, line 1338: "
> > > > > > > > "Invalid
> > > > > > > > escape sequence \"\\P\"."
> > > > > > > > Your digikamrc file is corrupted. this one hosts all settings,
> > > > > > > > including the collections. I don't know how you arrives at
> > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > stage,
> > > > > > > > but this can explain why digiKam fails to run.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Look also the second one :
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 00000004 4.03615141 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam
> > > > > > > > external
> > > > > > > > plugin: "C:/Program
> > > > > > > > Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_Assigncaptions_Plugin.dl
> > > > > > > > l"
> > > > > > > > 00000005 4.03615141 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
> > > > > > > > C:\\Program
> > > > > > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_Assigncaptions_Plug
> > > > > > > > in.dll
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > : The
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > specified procedure could not be found."
> > > > > > > > 00000006 4.06181002 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam
> > > > > > > > external
> > > > > > > > plugin: "C:/Program
> > > > > > > > Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_AssignLabels_Plugin.dll"
> > > > > > > > 00000007 4.06181002 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
> > > > > > > > C:\\Program
> > > > > > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_AssignLabels_Plugin
> > > > > > > > .dll:
> > > > > > > > The
> > > > > > > > specified procedure could not be found."
> > > > > > > > 00000008 4.37046480 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam
> > > > > > > > external
> > > > > > > > plugin: "C:/Program
> > > > > > > > Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_ConvertToAVIF_Plugin.dll
> > > > > > > > "
> > > > > > > > 00000009 4.37046480 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
> > > > > > > > C:\\Program
> > > > > > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_ConvertToAVIF_Plugi
> > > > > > > > n.dll:
> > > > > > > > The
> > > > > > > > specified procedure could not be found."
> > > > > > > > 00000010 4.50869894 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam
> > > > > > > > external
> > > > > > > > plugin: "C:/Program
> > > > > > > > Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_ConvertToJXL_Plugin.dll"
> > > > > > > > 00000011 4.50869894 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
> > > > > > > > C:\\Program
> > > > > > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_ConvertToJXL_Plugin
> > > > > > > > .dll:
> > > > > > > > The
> > > > > > > > specified procedure could not be found."
> > > > > > > > 00000012 4.62113047 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam
> > > > > > > > external
> > > > > > > > plugin: "C:/Program
> > > > > > > > Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_ConvertToWEBP_Plugin.dll
> > > > > > > > "
> > > > > > > > 00000013 4.62113047 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
> > > > > > > > C:\\Program
> > > > > > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_ConvertToWEBP_Plugi
> > > > > > > > n.dll:
> > > > > > > > The
> > > > > > > > specified procedure could not be found."
> > > > > > > > 00000014 4.92783213 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam
> > > > > > > > external
> > > > > > > > plugin: "C:/Program
> > > > > > > > Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_QualitySort_Plugin.dll"
> > > > > > > > 00000015 4.92783213 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
> > > > > > > > C:\\Program
> > > > > > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_QualitySort_Plugind
> > > > > > > > ll:
> > > > > > > > The
> > > > > > > > specified procedure could not be found."
> > > > > > > > 00000016 5.15791130 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam
> > > > > > > > external
> > > > > > > > plugin: "C:/Program
> > > > > > > > Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/bqm/Bqm_Translate_Plugin.dll"
> > > > > > > > 00000017 5.15791130 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
> > > > > > > > C:\\Program
> > > > > > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\bqm\\Bqm_Translate_Plugindll
> > > > > > > > :
> > > > > > > > The specified procedure could not be found."
> > > > > > > > 00000018 7.84661818 [3132] digikam.general: Ignoring to load
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > following file since it doesn't look like a valid digiKam
> > > > > > > > external
> > > > > > > > plugin: "C:/Program
> > > > > > > > Files/digiKam/plugins/digikam/generic/Generic_TextConverter_Pl
> > > > > > > > ugin.d
> > > > > > > > ll"
> > > > > > > > 00000019 7.84661818 [3132] Reason: "Cannot load library
> > > > > > > > C:\\Program
> > > > > > > > Files\\digiKam\\plugins\\digikam\\generic\\Generic_TextConvert
> > > > > > > > er_Plu
> > > > > > > > gin.d
> > > > > > > > ll: The specified procedure could not be found"
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > plugins binary files from digiKam are corrupted. How is it
> > > > > > > > possible
> > > > > > > > ?
> > > > > > > > Hard drive failure ? virus ???
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Best
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Gilles Caulier
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Le dim. 19 mars 2023 à 20:18, Nadine Helkenn
> > > > > > > > <cnhelkenn at comcastnet>
> > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > écrit :
> > > > > > > > > Did the file not come through?
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > I try again.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Nadine H
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > > > > > From: Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2023 2:06 AM
> > > > > > > > > To: Nadine Helkenn <cnhelkenn at comcast.net>
> > > > > > > > > Cc: digikam-users at kde.org <digikam-users at kdeorg>
> > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Hi Nadine,
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Download the "DebugView" program from Microsoft. This is
> > > > > > > > > what i
> > > > > > > > > mean.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Run it before digiKam to catch debug traces from the
> > > > > > > > > application.
> > > > > > > > > It's
> > > > > > > > > explained on the "contribute" page from the project, in the
> > > > > > > > > "Freezes
> > > > > > > > > and Other Run-Time Issues/Windows" section...
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Gilles Caulier
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Le dim. 19 mars 2023 à 10:02, Nadine Helkenn
> > > > > > > > > <cnhelkenn at comcastnet> a
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > écrit :
> > > > > > > > > > Hi, Gilles,
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > I hope I have done this correctly.
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > I have downloaded & installed the debug version of DigiKam
> > > > > > > > > > 7.90
> > > > > > > > > > & done
> > > > > > > > > > the same with DebugView.
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > It doesn't seem to matter what operation I request. In
> > > > > > > > > > this case
> > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > was just to assign a color label to an image. It is a .tif
> > > > > > > > > > scan
> > > > > > > > > > of a
> > > > > > > > > > drawing. The progress bar stays at 0% & I have to force
> > > > > > > > > > close
> > > > > > > > > > DigiKam.
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Let me know what else I need to do.
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > The log file just confuses me.
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Thank you, Gilles
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Nadine H
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > > > > > > From: Digikam-users <digikam-users-bounces at kde.org> on
> > > > > > > > > > behalf of
> > > > > > > > > > Gilles Caulier <cauliergilles at gmail.com> Sent: Sunday,
> > > > > > > > > > March
> > > > > > > > > > 19,
> > > > > > > > > > 2023 1:11 AM
> > > > > > > > > > To: digikam-users at kde.org <digikam-users at kde.org>
> > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] DigiKam not responding
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > It sounds like the metadata writing pipeline is locked
> > > > > > > > > > somewhere.
> > > > > > > > > > Which kind of files do you want to tag exactly ?
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Also, we need to see the debug traces done in background
> > > > > > > > > > while
> > > > > > > > > > tag
> > > > > > > > > > operation. download Microsoft DebugView program, and run
> > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > before the
> > > > > > > > > > digiKam session. See here for details :
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > https://www.digikam.org/contribute/
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Best
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Gilles Caulier
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Le dim. 19 mars 2023 à 01:42, Nadine Helkenn
> > > > > > > > > > <cnhelkenn at comcastnet> a
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > écrit :
> > > > > > > > > > > 18 March 2023
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > All right. I've broken DigiKam once again.
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > I wish I knew how I do this so I can avoid doing it. It
> > > > > > > > > > > has
> > > > > > > > > > > been
> > > > > > > > > > > more than a year since the last time it broke, and I
> > > > > > > > > > > can't
> > > > > > > > > > > remember
> > > > > > > > > > > how to fix it. And I don't think it broke the same way.
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > I'm working in Windows 10 using SQLite. I recently
> > > > > > > > > > > updated
> > > > > > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > > > > DigiKam 7.7.0 to 7.9.0 to see if that would fix the
> > > > > > > > > > > problem.
> > > > > > > > > > > It did
> > > > > > > > > > > not. I had to manually update exiftool from 1242 to
> > > > > > > > > > > 12.58.
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > Symptom: adding tags to images appears to work, but the
> > > > > > > > > > > progress bar
> > > > > > > > > > > for "Writing metadata to file:" stays at 0% and never
> > > > > > > > > > > finishes
> > > > > > > > > > > Thumbnail images don't display. Images can be seen in
> > > > > > > > > > > preview.
> > > > > > > > > > > DigiKam app says it is not responding.
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > Efforts: rebooted Windows. Restored database files to
> > > > > > > > > > > previous
> > > > > > > > > > > version (only two days ago was available).
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > Have I corrupted the database files? Can I get Digikam
> > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > rebuild
> > > > > > > > > > > them? Are all 4-5 of them compromised? What is my best
> > > > > > > > > > > course
> > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > action?
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for all of your collective knowledge &
> > > > > > > > > > > assistance.
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > Nadine H