digikam crashes after start due to missing file for face detection

[Michael Miller]

Hi Hans-Peter,
Yes, you’ve found an oversight in digiKam.  I will change the face database check to make sure it skips it if Face Management is not enabled.

Cheers,
Mike

> On Mar 23, 2025, at 9:50 AM, Hans-Peter Huth <hans-ph at web.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> i do not use face detection, aesthetic detection or auto tags and do not
> intent to do so. The respective entries in the config dialog for download of
> required files are unchecked and i did not download any of these files.
>
> Still, on startup, DK 8.6 Appimage wants me to update the face detection.
> If i agree, it crashes due to the missing files. How can i disable face
> detection completely so this dialog on startup does not appear again?
>
> HP
>
> Error messages from terminal are (shortened):
> -- Preloading shared libs:
> :/usr/lib64/libxcb-dri3.so.0:/usr/lib64/libnssutil3.so:/usr/lib64/libgmodule-2.0.so.0:/usr/lib64/libnettle.so.8
> unknown: Failed to acquire watch file descriptor Keine Berechtigung
> unknown: QSvgHandler: Image filename is empty unknown: QSvgHandler: Image
> filename is empty MESA-LOADER: failed to open iris:
> ././/lib/dri/iris_dri.so: Kann die Shared-Object-Datei nicht öffnen: Datei
> oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden (search paths
> ././/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:\$${ORIGIN}/dri:././/lib/dri, suffix _dri)
> MESA-LOADER: failed to open zink: ././/lib/dri/zink_dri.so: Kann die
> Shared-Object-Datei nicht öffnen: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
> (search paths ././/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:\$${ORIGIN}/dri:././/lib/dri,
> suffix _dri) MESA-LOADER: failed to open kms_swrast:
> ././/lib/dri/kms_swrast_dri.so: Kann die Shared-Object-Datei nicht öffnen:
> Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden (search paths
> ././/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:\$${ORIGIN}/dri:././/lib/dri, suffix _dri)
> MESA-LOADER: failed to open swrast: ././/lib/dri/swrast_dri.so: Kann die
> Shared-Object-Datei nicht öffnen: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
> (search paths ././/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:\$${ORIGIN}/dri:././/lib/dri,
> suffix _dri) unknown: Unhandled container to remove :  Digikam::DigikamApp
> Digikam::DNNFaceDetectorYuNet::loadModels: Face detection model: YuNet not
> loaded Digikam::DNNFaceDetectorYuNet::DNNFaceDetectorYuNet: Failed to load
> YuNet model terminate called after throwing an instance of
> 'QUnhandledException' what():  std::exception
> /tmp/.mount_digiKavQdqPB/AppRun: Zeile 261: 44287 Abgebrochen
> (Speicherabzug geschrieben) digikam $@
>
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