Cannot open images after upgrade to DK8.2

Thomas sdktda at gmail.com
Tue Mar 19 11:44:57 GMT 2024


This seems to fix the issue. Thanks Maik!



On 2024-03-19 11:05, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> You need to update your collection settings.
> To do this, go to the digiKam settings under Collections.
> Behind your collection that is not available you will find the 
> “Update” button (round circle symbol). In principle, you can simply 
> accept the upcoming dialogs without making any changes. The collection 
> will then be available again.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Di., 19. März 2024 um 10:37 Uhr schrieb Thomas <sdktda at gmail.com>:
>
>     Hello Gilles,
>
>
>     Congrats on the new DK 8.3 release! And thank you so much for your
>     awesome work with Digikam!
>
>
>     I was eager to try it out in the hope that this issue would be fixed.
>
>     I downloaded DK 8.3 installer on digikam.org <http://digikam.org>
>     and installed it in Windows 10.
>
>     When I opened DK, I got no errors. I was prompted to download the
>     face recognition files and did so. Then I went into an album and
>     tried opening a photo. I could not open the photos. I just get
>     this message:
>
>     This is the same error as I reported in this thread on 2023-12-06.
>
>     It is my understanding that you confirmed this as a bug in 8.2 on
>     Windows in message from 2023-12-06 15:02.
>
>     In message from 2023-12-06 16:10 you seem to state that the issue
>     is related to how DK is compiled and that this would be fixed in
>     DK 8.3.
>
>
>     Was this not fixed afterall? Or do I have some other problem on my
>     local system? Or do I need to do something in order to actually
>     make the new fix work?
>
>     Really looking forward to hearing from you as I have abstained
>     from using DK on Windows since december 2023.
>
>
>     BR
>
>     Thomas
>
>
>
>
>     On 2023-12-06 16:05, Thomas wrote:
>>     Thanks for clearing this up!
>>     I clicked X and closed DK.
>>     My DB files comsumes approximately the same amount of disk space,
>>     so I think they're OK.
>>
>>     Am I correct in understanding that this is indeed a bug that I
>>     encountered - and as such not a local problem in my end.
>>     As a workaround, should I uninstall DK 8.2 and install DK 8.1?
>>     Would you expect to release a fixed version of DK? Or would I
>>     have to wait for DK 8.3?
>>
>>     BR
>>     Thomas
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 2023-12-06 16:00, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>     Well reading the code the cross button is not caught by the
>>>     implement which does nothing special. Buttons in dialog are Yes
>>>     and No. Cross must return Cancel.
>>>
>>>     https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/master/core/libs/album/manager/albummanager_database.cpp?ref_type=heads#L463
>>>
>>>     I already do it here, and it sounds safe.
>>>
>>>     Gilles
>>>
>>>     Le mer. 6 déc. 2023 à 15:51, Thomas <sdktda at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>
>>>         Clicking the X will result in no action or the "default" action?
>>>
>>>         To be on the safe side, I wanted to take a copy of the
>>>         database files, but this is not possible as they are locked:
>>>
>>>         Pictures\digikam4.db : The process cannot access the file
>>>         because it is being used by another process.
>>>         Pictures\digikam4.db-shm : The process cannot access the
>>>         file because it is being used by another process.
>>>         Pictures\digikam4.db-wal : The process cannot access the
>>>         file because it is being used by another process.
>>>         Pictures\recognition.db : The process cannot access the file
>>>         because it is being used by another process.
>>>         Pictures\recognition.db-shm : The process cannot access the
>>>         file because it is being used by another process.
>>>         Pictures\recognition.db-wal : The process cannot access the
>>>         file because it is being used by another process.
>>>         Pictures\similarity.db : The process cannot access the file
>>>         because it is being used by another process.
>>>         Pictures\similarity.db-shm : The process cannot access the
>>>         file because it is being used by another process.
>>>         Pictures\similarity.db-wal : The process cannot access the
>>>         file because it is being used by another process.
>>>         Pictures\thumbnails-digikam.db : The process cannot access
>>>         the file because it is being used by another process.
>>>         Pictures\thumbnails-digikam.db-shm : The process cannot
>>>         access the file because it is being used by another process.
>>>         Pictures\thumbnails-digikam.db-wal : The process cannot
>>>         access the file because it is being used by another process.
>>>
>>>
>>>         Are you sure clicking X will leave my database intact/untouched?
>>>
>>>
>>>         BR
>>>
>>>         Thomas
>>>
>>>         On 2023-12-06 15:48, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>>         I think no.
>>>>
>>>>         Just press the cross on the top/right corner of the dialog
>>>>         (cancel). We need to investigate this behavior.
>>>>
>>>>         Gilles
>>>>
>>>>         Le mer. 6 déc. 2023 à 15:46, Thomas <sdktda at gmail.com> a
>>>>         écrit :
>>>>
>>>>             Gilles, Maik: which of the choices below are safe to
>>>>             click? Do I risk damaging my DK database?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             On 2023-12-06 15:02, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>>>             Maik, I can also reproduce the problem here under
>>>>>             Windows. It's always reproducible...
>>>>>
>>>>>             Gilles
>>>>>
>>>>>             Le mer. 6 déc. 2023 à 15:00, Thomas <sdktda at gmail.com>
>>>>>             a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Hi Maik,
>>>>>
>>>>>                 I tried enabling debugging as described: I set the
>>>>>                 env var. I then went into DK and checked the
>>>>>                 debugging option.
>>>>>
>>>>>                 But when I click OK in the Settings dialog, it
>>>>>                 says this:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>                 I am not sure how to proceed as I dont want to
>>>>>                 risk losing my database... I dont understand why
>>>>>                 it would even do anything to the database, I did
>>>>>                 not change any other settings than the Debug option.
>>>>>
>>>>>                 PS. This dialog/prompt should probably have a
>>>>>                 Cancel/Revert option as I am not sure if any or
>>>>>                 both of the presented options are destructive...
>>>>>
>>>>>                 BR
>>>>>
>>>>>                 Thomas
>>>>>
>>>>>                 On 2023-12-06 12:29, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>>>>>>                 Please post a DebugView log from the start of digiKam, as described here for
>>>>>>                 Windows:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 https://www.digikam.org/contribute/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 Maik
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 Am Mittwoch, 6. Dezember 2023, 10:38:41 CET schrieb Thomas:
>>>>>>>                 Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 After upgrading to DK 8.2, I no longer can open any photos in my collection.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 The thumbnails in albums show up fine. But when I doubleclick, I get
>>>>>>>                 this popup:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 This is appearently for all images.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 If I right click and click Open in File Manager, nothing happens. So DK
>>>>>>>                 seemingly cannot see the image location.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 However, if I manually browse my filemanager to this location it opens
>>>>>>>                 just fine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 This is DK on Windows 10.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 Photos are stored on a SMB share.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 Why would DK suddenly not be able to see the images?
>>>>>
>>>>>                 -- 
>>>>>                 Mvh
>>>>>                 Thomas
>>>>>
>>>>             -- 
>>>>             Mvh
>>>>             Thomas
>>>>
>>>         -- 
>>>         Mvh
>>>         Thomas
>>>
>>     -- 
>>     Mvh
>>     Thomas
>
>     -- 
>     Mvh
>     Thomas
>
-- 
Mvh
Thomas
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