Main Digikam image window is blank following MacPorts software upgrade

[Phil Stanford]

Hi -
I've been using Digikam on my MacBook Pro for a while, using MacPorts.
I had one or two issues getting Digikam 2.0.0 running having upgraded from the previous MacPorts version (1.9?), but nothing major and it has been running stably (I'm only really playing with it at the moment, but there haven't been any crashes or instabilities).

I've been awaiting the arrival of Digikam 2.1 on MacPorts, and the other day decided to update any underlying software, so I would be more ready for Digikam 2.1 when it came out.

Under MacPorts I did the usual 'port selfupdate' and then 'port upgrade outdated'.

When trying to start Digikam 2.0.0 following the upgrade, I initially got an error from 'DrKonqi' but rebooting the MacBook fixed this and I was able to restart Digikam.
There were no errors or crashes,  but I found that although in 'Albums' view all my image folders were still correctly listed on the left-hand pane, no thumbnails or any other image information were visible in the main Digikam window. Also the icon for each folder looks different, as shown in the attached file.

All my tag structure was intact, but the 'Timeline' view doesn't show any images either.
If I do a 'rebuild thumbnails' on any or all folders, I can see that the process is happening (ie the photos are present in the file structure and a small icon flashes up for each one during the rebuild) and it completes normally - but nothing changes, I can still see no images at all.

Today I spotted that MacPorts had been updated to the 2.1.1 version of Digikam, so I installed that.
The build went through with no problems, and Digikam restarted OK, but still there is the same problem with no images.
I've checked as hard as I can that there are no filters open anywhere; I do have an image in the 'fuzzy search' panel, with no obvious way to delete that or tell if the search is active (but even that ought to return at least one image!)

I've had a look at the SQLite database with a Mac-based app, and although I don't understand the schema in detail, all tables seem to have data in there that doesn't look corrupt.

So, I'm at a loss to know why a previously-running version 2.0.0 stopped working in this way following the update of the underlying dependencies.

If necessary it wouldn't be a problem to drop the database and start again as I've not really done too much, apart from to set up the tag hierarchy.
Would another way be to delete the main collection (though this has a green tick against it in 'preferences').

Any thoughts on how to rectify this issue would be welcome. 
Thanks
Phil




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[Gilles Caulier-4]

Phil,

I use also the macbook of my wife through macport to test compilation
under MACOSX.

Which version of KDE you use. Me i still under 4.6.3. i tried 4.7.0
without success. Sound like something is broken with KIOSlave API from
KDElibs. I see the same dysfunction than you...

Best

Gilles Caulier

2011/9/25 Phil Stanford <[hidden email]>:

> Hi -
> I've been using Digikam on my MacBook Pro for a while, using MacPorts.
> I had one or two issues getting Digikam 2.0.0 running having upgraded from
> the previous MacPorts version (1.9?), but nothing major and it has been
> running stably (I'm only really playing with it at the moment, but there
> haven't been any crashes or instabilities).
>
> I've been awaiting the arrival of Digikam 2.1 on MacPorts, and the other day
> decided to update any underlying software, so I would be more ready for
> Digikam 2.1 when it came out.
>
> Under MacPorts I did the usual 'port selfupdate' and then 'port upgrade
> outdated'.
>
> When trying to start Digikam 2.0.0 following the upgrade, I initially got an
> error from 'DrKonqi' but rebooting the MacBook fixed this and I was able to
> restart Digikam.
> There were no errors or crashes,  but I found that although in 'Albums' view
> all my image folders were still correctly listed on the left-hand pane, no
> thumbnails or any other image information were visible in the main Digikam
> window. Also the icon for each folder looks different, as shown in the
> attached file.
>
> All my tag structure was intact, but the 'Timeline' view doesn't show any
> images either.
> If I do a 'rebuild thumbnails' on any or all folders, I can see that the
> process is happening (ie the photos are present in the file structure and a
> small icon flashes up for each one during the rebuild) and it completes
> normally - but nothing changes, I can still see no images at all.
>
> Today I spotted that MacPorts had been updated to the 2.1.1 version of
> Digikam, so I installed that.
> The build went through with no problems, and Digikam restarted OK, but still
> there is the same problem with no images.
> I've checked as hard as I can that there are no filters open anywhere; I do
> have an image in the 'fuzzy search' panel, with no obvious way to delete
> that or tell if the search is active (but even that ought to return at least
> one image!)
>
> I've had a look at the SQLite database with a Mac-based app, and although I
> don't understand the schema in detail, all tables seem to have data in there
> that doesn't look corrupt.
>
> So, I'm at a loss to know why a previously-running version 2.0.0 stopped
> working in this way following the update of the underlying dependencies.
>
> If necessary it wouldn't be a problem to drop the database and start again
> as I've not really done too much, apart from to set up the tag hierarchy.
> Would another way be to delete the main collection (though this has a green
> tick against it in 'preferences').
>
> Any thoughts on how to rectify this issue would be welcome.
> Thanks
> Phil
>
>
>
>
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[Phil Stanford]

Gilles, many thanks for testing this and sacrificing your wife's MacBook!!
Yes, I think that the update I did while I was still running Digikam 2.0.0 successfully must have updated KDE to 4.7.1 as below.
I'm not sure under MacPorts whether I can easily revert to 4.6.3 as there are obviously a lot of ports that have been updated, as shown below.

I'm relieved (sort of!) that the problem can be replicated.
I don't really have the tech knowledge of KDE to pursue this, but am happy to test any patches that hopefully may become available in due course Digikam runs well on the Mac so it will be good to have it back!
Here's my list of KDE ports -
Cheers
Phil
-------
port list installed|grep -i kde
attica                         @0.2.0          kde/attica
digikam                        @2.1.1          kde/digikam
gwenview                       @4.7.1          kde/gwenview
kamera                         @4.7.1          kde/kamera
kcolorchooser                  @4.7.1          kde/kcolorchooser
kde4-baseapps                  @4.7.1          kde/kde4-baseapps
kde4-runtime                   @4.7.1          kde/kde4-runtime
kdebase4                       @4.6.5          kde/kdebase4
kdebase4-runtime               @4.6.5          kde/kdebase4-runtime
kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer    @4.7.1          kde/kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer
kdegraphics-thumbnailers       @4.7.1          kde/kdegraphics-thumbnailers
kdegraphics4                   @4.7.1          kde/kdegraphics4
kdelibs4                       @4.7.1          kde/kdelibs4
kdepimlibs4                    @4.7.1          kde/kdepimlibs4
kipi-plugins                   @1.8.0          kde/kipi-plugins
kolourpaint                    @4.7.1          kde/kolourpaint
kruler                         @4.7.1          kde/kruler
ksaneplugin                    @4.7.1          kde/ksaneplugin
libkdcraw                      @4.7.1          kde/libkdcraw
libkdeedu                      @4.7.1          kde/libkdeedu
libkexiv2                      @4.7.1          kde/libkexiv2
libkipi                        @4.7.1          kde/libkipi
libksane                       @4.7.1          kde/libksane
marble                         @4.7.1          kde/marble
mobipocket                     @4.7.1          kde/mobipocket
okular                         @4.7.1          kde/okular
oxygen-icons                   @4.7.1          kde/oxygen-icons
prison                         @1.0            kde/prison
shared-desktop-ontologies      @0.8.0          kde/shared-desktop-ontologies
svgpart                        @4.7.1          kde/svgpart

On 26 September 2011 13:08, Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> wrote:

Phil,

I use also the macbook of my wife through macport to test compilation
under MACOSX.

Which version of KDE you use. Me i still under 4.6.3. i tried 4.7.0
without success. Sound like something is broken with KIOSlave API from
KDElibs. I see the same dysfunction than you...

Best

Gilles Caulier

2011/9/25 Phil Stanford <[hidden email]>:

> Hi -
> I've been using Digikam on my MacBook Pro for a while, using MacPorts.
> I had one or two issues getting Digikam 2.0.0 running having upgraded from
> the previous MacPorts version (1.9?), but nothing major and it has been
> running stably (I'm only really playing with it at the moment, but there
> haven't been any crashes or instabilities).
>
> I've been awaiting the arrival of Digikam 2.1 on MacPorts, and the other day
> decided to update any underlying software, so I would be more ready for
> Digikam 2.1 when it came out.
>
> Under MacPorts I did the usual 'port selfupdate' and then 'port upgrade
> outdated'.
>
> When trying to start Digikam 2.0.0 following the upgrade, I initially got an
> error from 'DrKonqi' but rebooting the MacBook fixed this and I was able to
> restart Digikam.
> There were no errors or crashes,  but I found that although in 'Albums' view
> all my image folders were still correctly listed on the left-hand pane, no
> thumbnails or any other image information were visible in the main Digikam
> window. Also the icon for each folder looks different, as shown in the
> attached file.
>
> All my tag structure was intact, but the 'Timeline' view doesn't show any
> images either.
> If I do a 'rebuild thumbnails' on any or all folders, I can see that the
> process is happening (ie the photos are present in the file structure and a
> small icon flashes up for each one during the rebuild) and it completes
> normally - but nothing changes, I can still see no images at all.
>
> Today I spotted that MacPorts had been updated to the 2.1.1 version of
> Digikam, so I installed that.
> The build went through with no problems, and Digikam restarted OK, but still
> there is the same problem with no images.
> I've checked as hard as I can that there are no filters open anywhere; I do
> have an image in the 'fuzzy search' panel, with no obvious way to delete
> that or tell if the search is active (but even that ought to return at least
> one image!)
>
> I've had a look at the SQLite database with a Mac-based app, and although I
> don't understand the schema in detail, all tables seem to have data in there
> that doesn't look corrupt.
>
> So, I'm at a loss to know why a previously-running version 2.0.0 stopped
> working in this way following the update of the underlying dependencies.
>
> If necessary it wouldn't be a problem to drop the database and start again
> as I've not really done too much, apart from to set up the tag hierarchy.
> Would another way be to delete the main collection (though this has a green
> tick against it in 'preferences').
>
> Any thoughts on how to rectify this issue would be welcome.
> Thanks
> Phil
>
>
>
>

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[Gilles Caulier-4]

Definitively, there is a conflict here :

kde4-baseapps                  @4.7.1          kde/kde4-baseapps
kde4-runtime                   @4.7.1          kde/kde4-runtime
kdebase4                       @4.6.5          kde/kdebase4
kdebase4-runtime               @4.6.5          kde/kdebase4-runtime

you must have 4.7.1 everywhere... This will trouble kioslave, i'm sure...

kipi-plugins                   @1.8.0          kde/kipi-plugins

==> kipi-plugins have been updated too. Why to still at 1.8.0, not 2.0.0 ?

Gilles Caulier


2011/9/26 Phil Stanford <[hidden email]>:

> Gilles, many thanks for testing this and sacrificing your wife's MacBook!!
> Yes, I think that the update I did while I was still running Digikam 2.0.0
> successfully must have updated KDE to 4.7.1 as below.
> I'm not sure under MacPorts whether I can easily revert to 4.6.3 as there
> are obviously a lot of ports that have been updated, as shown below.
>
> I'm relieved (sort of!) that the problem can be replicated.
> I don't really have the tech knowledge of KDE to pursue this, but am happy
> to test any patches that hopefully may become available in due course
> Digikam runs well on the Mac so it will be good to have it back!
> Here's my list of KDE ports -
> Cheers
> Phil
> -------
> port list installed|grep -i kde
> attica                         @0.2.0          kde/attica
> digikam                        @2.1.1          kde/digikam
> gwenview                       @4.7.1          kde/gwenview
> kamera                         @4.7.1          kde/kamera
> kcolorchooser                  @4.7.1          kde/kcolorchooser
> kde4-baseapps                  @4.7.1          kde/kde4-baseapps
> kde4-runtime                   @4.7.1          kde/kde4-runtime
> kdebase4                       @4.6.5          kde/kdebase4
> kdebase4-runtime               @4.6.5          kde/kdebase4-runtime
> kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer    @4.7.1
> kde/kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer
> kdegraphics-thumbnailers       @4.7.1          kde/kdegraphics-thumbnailers
> kdegraphics4                   @4.7.1          kde/kdegraphics4
> kdelibs4                       @4.7.1          kde/kdelibs4
> kdepimlibs4                    @4.7.1          kde/kdepimlibs4
> kipi-plugins                   @1.8.0          kde/kipi-plugins
> kolourpaint                    @4.7.1          kde/kolourpaint
> kruler                         @4.7.1          kde/kruler
> ksaneplugin                    @4.7.1          kde/ksaneplugin
> libkdcraw                      @4.7.1          kde/libkdcraw
> libkdeedu                      @4.7.1          kde/libkdeedu
> libkexiv2                      @4.7.1          kde/libkexiv2
> libkipi                        @4.7.1          kde/libkipi
> libksane                       @4.7.1          kde/libksane
> marble                         @4.7.1          kde/marble
> mobipocket                     @4.7.1          kde/mobipocket
> okular                         @4.7.1          kde/okular
> oxygen-icons                   @4.7.1          kde/oxygen-icons
> prison                         @1.0            kde/prison
> shared-desktop-ontologies      @0.8.0          kde/shared-desktop-ontologies
> svgpart                        @4.7.1          kde/svgpart
>
>
> On 26 September 2011 13:08, Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Phil,
>>
>> I use also the macbook of my wife through macport to test compilation
>> under MACOSX.
>>
>> Which version of KDE you use. Me i still under 4.6.3. i tried 4.7.0
>> without success. Sound like something is broken with KIOSlave API from
>> KDElibs. I see the same dysfunction than you...
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> 2011/9/25 Phil Stanford <[hidden email]>:
>> > Hi -
>> > I've been using Digikam on my MacBook Pro for a while, using MacPorts.
>> > I had one or two issues getting Digikam 2.0.0 running having upgraded
>> > from
>> > the previous MacPorts version (1.9?), but nothing major and it has been
>> > running stably (I'm only really playing with it at the moment, but there
>> > haven't been any crashes or instabilities).
>> >
>> > I've been awaiting the arrival of Digikam 2.1 on MacPorts, and the other
>> > day
>> > decided to update any underlying software, so I would be more ready for
>> > Digikam 2.1 when it came out.
>> >
>> > Under MacPorts I did the usual 'port selfupdate' and then 'port upgrade
>> > outdated'.
>> >
>> > When trying to start Digikam 2.0.0 following the upgrade, I initially
>> > got an
>> > error from 'DrKonqi' but rebooting the MacBook fixed this and I was able
>> > to
>> > restart Digikam.
>> > There were no errors or crashes,  but I found that although in 'Albums'
>> > view
>> > all my image folders were still correctly listed on the left-hand pane,
>> > no
>> > thumbnails or any other image information were visible in the main
>> > Digikam
>> > window. Also the icon for each folder looks different, as shown in the
>> > attached file.
>> >
>> > All my tag structure was intact, but the 'Timeline' view doesn't show
>> > any
>> > images either.
>> > If I do a 'rebuild thumbnails' on any or all folders, I can see that the
>> > process is happening (ie the photos are present in the file structure
>> > and a
>> > small icon flashes up for each one during the rebuild) and it completes
>> > normally - but nothing changes, I can still see no images at all.
>> >
>> > Today I spotted that MacPorts had been updated to the 2.1.1 version of
>> > Digikam, so I installed that.
>> > The build went through with no problems, and Digikam restarted OK, but
>> > still
>> > there is the same problem with no images.
>> > I've checked as hard as I can that there are no filters open anywhere; I
>> > do
>> > have an image in the 'fuzzy search' panel, with no obvious way to delete
>> > that or tell if the search is active (but even that ought to return at
>> > least
>> > one image!)
>> >
>> > I've had a look at the SQLite database with a Mac-based app, and
>> > although I
>> > don't understand the schema in detail, all tables seem to have data in
>> > there
>> > that doesn't look corrupt.
>> >
>> > So, I'm at a loss to know why a previously-running version 2.0.0 stopped
>> > working in this way following the update of the underlying dependencies.
>> >
>> > If necessary it wouldn't be a problem to drop the database and start
>> > again
>> > as I've not really done too much, apart from to set up the tag
>> > hierarchy.
>> > Would another way be to delete the main collection (though this has a
>> > green
>> > tick against it in 'preferences').
>> >
>> > Any thoughts on how to rectify this issue would be welcome.
>> > Thanks
>> > Phil
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
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>> > [hidden email]
>> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users
>> >
>> >
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On 26 September 2011 15:47, Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> wrote:

Definitively, there is a conflict here :

kde4-baseapps                  @4.7.1          kde/kde4-baseapps
kde4-runtime                   @4.7.1          kde/kde4-runtime
kdebase4                       @4.6.5          kde/kdebase4
kdebase4-runtime               @4.6.5          kde/kdebase4-runtime

you must have 4.7.1 everywhere... This will trouble kioslave, i'm sure...

kipi-plugins                   @1.8.0          kde/kipi-plugins

==> kipi-plugins have been updated too. Why to still at 1.8.0, not 2.0.0 ?

Gilles Caulier

Thanks for your comments Gilles.
I checked again tonight for any updates, and there were what I guess were patch releases for both SQlite and kdelibs4.
I installed them both - and somewhat to my surprise I got my thumbnails back!
So I've no idea which update did the trick - I guess I should have tried them one at a time to check.
The versions of kdebase4 and kdebase4-runtime are still listed as 4.6.5 as before (there is no more recent version of this port).

The form of the folder icons is still the same as before and different from in the documentation - but maybe that's just a factor of using a Mac, I don't know.

regarding the Kipi-plugins port - the portfile comments suggest that these are now included in the Digikam port itself, and indeed looking at the version number of a few of these, it is now coming up as 2.1.1 as per the Digikam version, so I am assuming I have the latest plugin versions.

Macports seems to work very well as a repository for the Mac but the only issue of course is one has to wait for the port maintainer to produce the latest port of Digikam - luckily in this case 2.1.1 was updated on Macports pretty quickly.

Many thanks for your suggestions
Phil

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