HELP: After update 8.3--> 8.4 Digikam workspace is entirely white

[Frédéric Da Vitoria]

Thank you for pointing this out. In order to avoid any issue, on my 
Windows 11 laptop, I did the following steps:
1 - I downloaded directly digiKam-8.4.0-Qt6-Win64.exe from download.kde.org
2 - I closed digiKam and checked that no digiKam processes were left 
(none were found)
3 - I ran digiKam-8.4.0-Qt6-Win64.exe which uninstalled the previous 
version and installed the new one without any issue. At the end of the 
installation, I unchecked the checkbox asking if I wanted to execute 
digiKam (I want to be able to move the installer, and sometimes this is 
not possible if the installer executes something).
4 - I executed digiKam, and it loaded without any issue (no white 
window). digiKam only complained about not finding exiftool, which I 
solved easily by downloading and installing it (I only had an old version).

Digikam 8.4.0 seems to be running fine. Thanks to the dev team!


Le 19/07/2024 à 04:07, wodenickel a écrit :
> I had the exact same situation and solution last nite.
> Mark
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: James Orr <james.orr at orrenterprises.us>
> Date: 7/18/24 2:59 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: "digikam-users-group--kde.org" <digikam-users at kde.org>
> Subject: HELP: After update 8.3--> 8.4 Digikam workspace is entirely 
> white
>
> My system is Win 11 Pro with much more than the minimum operating 
> requirements.
> In all the years I have used and updated digiKam, I have never had 
> this experience.
>
>  1. I used the internal check for updates and used it to download 8.4.
>  2. I started the download and got an error message.
>  3. After many retry attempts. I closed that window and went directly
>     to downloads.
>  4. I started the update, and prepared to uninstall.
>  5. digiKam was closed and I got this:
>  6. After many retry attempts, I selected IgnoreDK appears running,
>     please close
>  7. Uninstall seemed to have worked, and Install started with
>     this:Digikam Install DK appears running
>  8. After many retry attempts, I selected Ignore.
>  9. When digiKam restarted, I got this: Failed Start Digikam
> 10. Then I rebooted and reinstalled, doing essentially all the steps
>     above with much the same results.
> 11. I did this a couple of times at least.
> 12. Then I went to the download.kde.org site for
>     digiKam-8.4-Qt6-Win64.exe and replace the initial
>     digiKam-8.4.0-Qt5-Win64.exe with another one.
> 13. This one opened OK.
>
> I have never had to struggle so much to do an digiKam update in any of 
> the previous ones.
> I am baffled by the process, and pleased to have then new system up 
> and running.
>
> Good work, team. I'm rooting for you always.
>
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Frédéric Da Vitoria
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