Digikam dropbox

[Dennis Powless]

I installed digikam on my laptop and set it up and it works as described.  I later installed it on my desktop and was doing the set up and have errors.

I'm running ubuntu 16.04 LTS on both machines.

Digikam 5.5.0 on both.

My photos are stored in a dropbox folder that is shared between both computers, same name different ultimate paths to the folder.  I had saved the database information to that shared folder also.

I did the default setup and have the Collection not found on the desktop.  I have three options....

1. shows me the actual location on this PC

2. Location removable collection

3. Do nothing.

What is the best method to run the program on both computers?  Do I need to point the PC to the correct folder?  Will this then affect the laptop?

Do I need to store the DB files in another folder, or are they not the real issue

Can I not run this on both PC's, if so that is ok.

Thanks,

Dennis 

[Remco Viëtor]

On jeudi 5 octobre 2017 18:00:36 CEST Dennis Powless wrote:

> I installed digikam on my laptop and set it up and it works as described.
> I later installed it on my desktop and was doing the set up and have errors.
>
> I'm running ubuntu 16.04 LTS on both machines.
>
> Digikam 5.5.0 on both.
>
> My photos are stored in a dropbox folder that is shared between both
> computers, same name different ultimate paths to the folder.  I had saved
> the database information to that shared folder also.

And there you might have the problem:
the settings dialog states that a remote file system can not be used for the
databases. A folder shared between two computers must necessarily be on a
remote file system for at least one of the two.

The collections can be on a remote file system.

Remco

[Dennis Powless]

It’s on the laptop, the original one.  What do you feel is the solution?  I can move the DB files on the laptop to another folder.  How do I use digikam on both the laptop and the desktop?  Separate DB files, on each?

D

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> On Oct 6, 2017, at 8:28 AM, Remco Viëtor <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> On jeudi 5 octobre 2017 18:00:36 CEST Dennis Powless wrote:
>> I installed digikam on my laptop and set it up and it works as described.
>> I later installed it on my desktop and was doing the set up and have errors.
>>
>> I'm running ubuntu 16.04 LTS on both machines.
>>
>> Digikam 5.5.0 on both.
>>
>> My photos are stored in a dropbox folder that is shared between both
>> computers, same name different ultimate paths to the folder.  I had saved
>> the database information to that shared folder also.
>
> And there you might have the problem:
> the settings dialog states that a remote file system can not be used for the
> databases. A folder shared between two computers must necessarily be on a
> remote file system for at least one of the two.
>
> The collections can be on a remote file system.
>
> Remco
>
>