[Bug 150181] New: digikam wants to delete the whole database (24.000Images) at startup when USB-Disk with the Photos is not connected

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           Summary: digikam wants to delete the whole database
                    (24.000Images) at startup when USB-Disk with the Photos
                    is not connected
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: freu_dich gmx de


Version:           0.9.2 (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

Hello,

I have stored about 24.000 Pictures on an external USB-Disk because the internal HD is too small.

The Bug:

Sometimes when I start digikam it happens that the USB-Disk is not mounted or switched off.
But if i insert a card while USB-Disk is not mounted digikam says that it can only start when i erase the database.
I accidentialy said ok.
So all my keywords were lost afther digikam had rebuilt the database when USB-Disk was remounted...

I except this Behaviour:

Digikam recognizes that USB-Disk is not connected.
Digikam stores the Photos in a temporarily folder.
When restarting digikam - it moves / copies (I wish to have a choice here) the Photos from the temporarily folder(e.g. /home/user/pictures/temp/) to the default location (e.g. /USB-Disk/photos/).

Comment:

This behaviour is very useful when USB-Disk is for a period of time not available.
(e.g. a yourney where I use only the Notebook without the need of carrying external devices)
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[Gilles Caulier-4]

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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          Component|general                     |Database
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------- Additional Comments From arnd.baecker web de  2007-09-25 16:56 -------
See these related wishes:
  http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103201
  http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871
  http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125474
  http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126821
Not sure, whether the current one there qualifies as a duplicated of any of
these... Andreas, could you have a look and comment here
(or at any of the above, if it makes sense).

General remarks:
I would always recommend to have also the root directory
of digikams images on the external disk
(which includes the database file digikam3.db).
Then you could write a small wrapper script, which checks, whether
the USB disk is mounted and only then really start digikam.
In addition, of course the general statement about a backup of
all images applies (I know this does not help anymore if the whole database
is gone; very annoying, I perfectly understand!).

Best, Arnd
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------- Additional Comments From marcel.wiesweg gmx de  2007-10-02 19:40 -------
Checking for availability of album roots (with that, multiple album roots of course) will come with the KDE4 version of digikam - it is only possible with help of the new "Solid" API.
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE



------- Additional Comments From arnd.baecker web de  2008-01-03 19:27 -------
In my opinion this is in spirit a duplicate of bug 126821.
Andreas, could you please add any missing thoughts of your report
in that bug. Thanks a lot, Arnd

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 126821 ***
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