DigiKam crashes after startup assistant

[Gilles Caulier]

Also, The PKG MacOS installer 8.1.0 pre-release will be compiled soon
with the new Exiv2 0.28 release which includes a large list of fixes:

https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/2406#issuecomment-1529139799

ExiV2 is used in the background to populate the database with files metadata.

Gilles Caulier

Le mar. 16 mai 2023 à 05:23, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> Hi,
>
> Are you using digiKam in these kind of situations already reported in bugzilla ?
>
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367853
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367979
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457476
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le lun. 15 mai 2023 à 16:59, Dominik Austen <Dominik.austen at web.de> a écrit :
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> > yes, I am also admin.
> >
> > Dominik
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 15. May 2023, at 16:22, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Le lun. 15 mai 2023 à 14:14, Dominik Austen <dominik.austen at web.de> a écrit :
> >>
> >> Hi Gilles,
> >>
> >> thank you for your response!
> >> Unfortunately, I am not able to set the right configurations as indicated in the documentation. Digikam is not listed under any panels in the Privacy tab in the System Preferences/Security&Privacy. I am able to add digikam manually via the “+” button, but only for Full Disk Access and Accessiblity, not for Automation or Photos. I restarted digikam and the computer but so far without any success. Is there another way to grant digikam the necessary rights?
> >>
> >> Dominik
> >
> >
> >
> > Well I’m admin on my MacBook computer. It’s the same for you ?
> >
> > This can make a difference at run time.
> >
> > Gilles
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > On 15. May 2023, at 12:52, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I have seen a similar problem in the past on my macbook pro 2015 intel
> >> > running Monterrey. The problem is about the access rights to turn on
> >> > for the application.
> >> >
> >> > Typically, MacOS must ask to give rights through a dialog box, but
> >> > sometime now. You need to set up these configurations in the MacOS
> >> > control panel. See the Online documentation for details:
> >> >
> >> > https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installation.html#application-rights
> >> >
> >> > About the Q "why digiKam do not apply the rights automatically on
> >> > MacOS", in fact it's due to the security policy from Apple. This kind
> >> > of rule works if the application is signed, but of course you need to
> >> > pay a developer account to Apple, and we refuse to give money to a big
> >> > high tech company for an open source project as digiKam. This must be
> >> > the inverse in theory...
> >> >
> >> > Best
> >> >
> >> > Gilles Caulier
> >> >
> >> > Le lun. 15 mai 2023 à 11:37, Dominik Austen <Dominik.austen at web.de> a écrit :
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi all,
> >> >>
> >> >> I just installed DigiKam, but it does not start properly on my Mac.
> >> >> I am able to go through the startup assistent without any issues. But when I click on “Finish” on the “Scan your Collection” page, the window disappears and nothing happens. When I click on the icon in the Dock, it says: “Application Not Responding”. After forced quitting and restarting, the application is instantly not responsive without showing any window.
> >> >>
> >> >> The symptoms are somewhat identical to the last comment in Bug 463536 on the KDE Bugtracking System, which did not get any further answers.
> >> >>
> >> >> Specifications:
> >> >> Processor: Intel
> >> >> OS: MacOS 12.6.5 (Monterey)
> >> >> DigiKam-Version: 8.0.0 (same problem occurs with 7.10)
> >> >>
> >> >> I attached the terminal output.
> >> >>
> >> >> Dominik
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
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