Collections are suddenly gone in DK

[Thomas]

OK so this finished much earlier than I thought... It still does not 
find all my collection... So I guess the last option is to remove 
digikamrc and all .db files and start completely from scratch...



On 13/10/2025 10.50, Thomas wrote:
> I was not able to make this work. So out of desperation, I have now 
> tried moving alle the *.db files into another folder in order to start 
> "from scratch".
>
> When I did this and started DK, DK complained that it could not find 
> the main db file.
>
> So I tried moving the main db file back and started again. Now it is 
> "finding new items..." so I am waiting for it to be done scanning and 
> see if it will finally allow me to access my photos...
>
> If this does not work, I guess the next step is to try to remove 
> digikamrc file as well as the db files and then start all over.
>
> I will report back.
>
> BR
>
> Thomas
>
>
> On 20/09/2025 16.45, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>> Please try opening the images in the import tool.
>> You should only see folders, not images, in the file dialog. But it 
>> might be
>> another problem with file dialogs in macOS.
>>
>> Maik
>>
>> Am Samstag, 20. September 2025, 16:31:57 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit 
>> schrieb
>> Thomas:
>>> Yes, I can navigate to the folder from DK import > Add Images 
>>> dialog. It
>>> looks like this:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Note: the individual files are gray, so I cannot select them. But I 
>>> seem
>>> to be able to open the folder.
>>>
>>> So it seems to me that DK has proper access?
>>>
>>> On 20/09/2025 16.18, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>>>> Have you perhaps set ignored folders (tab under Collection Settings)?
>>>> Otherwise, digiKam simply doesn't have read permissions to this 
>>>> folder.
>>>> Can
>>>> you open this folder in the import tool via Import -> Add Images 
>>>> (please
>>>> don't actually import the folder this way)?
>>>>
>>>> Maik
>>>>
>>>> Am Samstag, 20. September 2025, 16:09:56 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
>>>> schrieb>
>>>> Thomas:
>>>>> I tried playing around with the db.
>>>>>
>>>>> I ran this query:
>>>>>
>>>>> echo "SELECT * FROM Albums WHERE  relativepath LIKE '/2024/%'" | 
>>>>> sqlite3
>>>>> ~/Pictures/digikam4.db
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It returns lots of entries.
>>>>>
>>>>> I then ran:
>>>>>
>>>>> echo "SELECT * FROM Albums WHERE  relativepath LIKE '/2025/%'" | 
>>>>> sqlite3
>>>>> ~/Pictures/digikam4.db
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It returns zero entries.
>>>>>
>>>>> So clearly, DK is not picking up my photos...
>>>>>
>>>>> When I browse the folders, though, the pictures are there.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How to troubleshoot this further?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> BR
>>>>>
>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>
>>>>> On 14/09/2025 19.14, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>>>>>> The problem is, even if digiKam couldn't read the collection for 
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> reason, the root album names should still be displayed. But you 
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> have them, right?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your log doesn't show any anomalies or error messages from the 
>>>>>> database.
>>>>>> But I can only imagine some kind of database problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you haven’t already, please try the digiKam-8.8.0 pre-release 
>>>>>> version
>>>>>> from here:https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maik
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am Sonntag, 14. September 2025, 19:05:00 Mitteleuropäische 
>>>>>> Sommerzeit
>>>>>> schrieb>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thomas:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is Apple Silicon M3.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> MacOS version 15.6.1.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The volumes are mounted. I can ls the contents from a terminal 
>>>>>>> and I
>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>> open the images int he Finder file browser.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I will check Apple Console app although, I am not sure what to look
>>>>>>> for?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 14/09/2025 04.06, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Right it's MacOS. Which version ? Arm or Intel.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Perhaps the disk is unmounted by the system ? Did you see 
>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>> abnormal in the system log (Apple Console Application)?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Le sam. 13 sept. 2025 à 14:57, Thomas<sdktda at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>>>>>>> On 12/09/2025 17.52, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm 99% sure that something in your Windows installation locks 
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> database or the application or the file system. This 
>>>>>>>>> introduces giant
>>>>>>>>> time latency in the program. This can be the Windows update 
>>>>>>>>> running
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> background, an antivirus, or a malfunction with your hardware.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Another issue can be the file path scheme name in your collection
>>>>>>>>> which cause dysfunction, eg. no latin1 char encoding for ex, 
>>>>>>>>> even if
>>>>>>>>> digiKam supports UTF8 and the application manifest for Windows 
>>>>>>>>> sets
>>>>>>>>> these properties at run time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In my office we switch from WIN10 to WIN11 progressively on all
>>>>>>>>> desktop computers, and we sometimes see troubles with file 
>>>>>>>>> paths when
>>>>>>>>> we use company applications (where WIN10 has no problem for a 
>>>>>>>>> very
>>>>>>>>> long time). This is difficult to investigate and to reproduce. 
>>>>>>>>> This
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> especially true with the network file systems but not with all 
>>>>>>>>> users.
>>>>>>>>> The reason is not clear...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is macOS - not Windows.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I don't think something is locking my files and I have tried over
>>>>>>>>> multiple restarts.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I will try to see if I can figure out how to see which files are
>>>>>>>>> locked
>>>>>>>>> on macOS.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There is no antivirus.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also, all files on this file system should be plain ascii 
>>>>>>>>> compatible
>>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> ensure files only have names in the set "A-Za-z0-9._, -()+"
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any ideas how to troubleshoot this further?
>>
>>
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