One collection has disappeared from albums list

[tosca]

Hi to everybody,

I had a bad surprise today when opening Digikam: one of my external drive doesn't show in the albums list, though it still appears in the collections list. And it is mounted and regularly accessible via the files manager. Re-launch Digikam and even reboot the system make no change.

Screencopy here shows the albums list and the collections configuration window: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtmzfd4mu5izgfk/20171112_S%C3%A9lection_001.png?dl=0

I'm running 5.6.0 version on a Fedora 26 system.

Any idea what could have gone wrong, and how to solve the issue?

Thanks for helping,

Marie-Noëlle

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[Remco Viëtor]

On dimanche 12 novembre 2017 15:14:23 CET Marie-Noëlle Augendre wrote:
> Hi to everybody,
>
> I had a bad surprise today when opening Digikam: one of my external drive
> doesn't show in the albums list, though it still appears in the collections
> list. And it is mounted and regularly accessible via the files manager.
> Re-launch Digikam and even reboot the system make no change.
Just as a guess:
That external drive is an USB drive, and shows up on a different device number
after reboot?
If that's the case, the identifier might have changed, so Digikam doesn't
recognise it as the drive linked under that collection. Collections are a
Digikam notion, and stored in its database/configuration, so won't be affected.

Again, this is just a (more of less educated) guess.

Remco

[AndriusWild]

How many files are in the collection? Did you edit the files in digikam yesterday ?

It might be the good ol' versioning checkbox 

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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From: Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-11-12 7:14 AM (GMT-07:00)

To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <[hidden email]>

Subject: One collection has disappeared from albums list

Hi to everybody,

I had a bad surprise today when opening Digikam: one of my external drive doesn't show in the albums list, though it still appears in the collections list. And it is mounted and regularly accessible via the files manager. Re-launch Digikam and even reboot the system make no change.

Screencopy here shows the albums list and the collections configuration window: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtmzfd4mu5izgfk/20171112_S%C3%A9lection_001.png?dl=0

I'm running 5.6.0 version on a Fedora 26 system.

Any idea what could have gone wrong, and how to solve the issue?

Thanks for helping,

Marie-Noëlle

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[tosca]

2017-11-12 16:00 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]>:

How many files are in the collection?

Thousands, in a whole folders tree.

 

Did you edit the files in digikam yesterday ?

I haven't had used Digikam for several weeks.

 

It might be the good ol' versioning checkbox 

On tons of folders and images? And could it prevent the whole device to appear in the albums list?

Marie-Noëlle

 

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[AndriusWild]

In your case versioning is probably not the case.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-11-12 8:05 AM (GMT-07:00)

To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <[hidden email]>

Subject: Re: One collection has disappeared from albums list

2017-11-12 16:00 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]>:

How many files are in the collection?

Thousands, in a whole folders tree.

 

Did you edit the files in digikam yesterday ?

I haven't had used Digikam for several weeks.

 

It might be the good ol' versioning checkbox 

On tons of folders and images? And could it prevent the whole device to appear in the albums list?

Marie-Noëlle

 

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[tosca]

2017-11-12 15:57 GMT+01:00 Remco Viëtor <[hidden email]>:

Just as a guess:
That external drive is an USB drive, and shows up on a different device number
after reboot?
If that's the case, the identifier might have changed, so Digikam doesn't
recognise it as the drive linked under that collection. Collections are a
Digikam notion, and stored in its database/configuration, so won't be affected.

Again, this is just a (more of less educated) guess.

Remco

Thanks for the idea.

It has worked like a charm for ages, and I never had to change any device number.

If that's the case, how can I check it, then solve the issue?

Marie-Noëlle

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[tosca]

2017-11-12 16:05 GMT+01:00 Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]>:

 

Did you edit the files in digikam yesterday ?

I haven't had used Digikam for several weeks.

 

Marie-Noëlle

 

Sorry, I'm wrong here: I actually used Digikam yesterday to generate a couple of JPGs with the batch tool manager for publishing on line. But I didn't do any edit, nor access the device in question, and I didn't see whether it appears in the albums list or not.

Marie-Noëlle

 

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[AndriusWild]

Is the always show original box checked ?

https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/using-setup.html#using-setup-editor

If not try to check it and restart digikam 

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------

From: Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]>

Date: 2017-11-12 8:11 AM (GMT-07:00)

To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <[hidden email]>

Subject: Re: One collection has disappeared from albums list

2017-11-12 16:05 GMT+01:00 Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]>:

 

Did you edit the files in digikam yesterday ?

I haven't had used Digikam for several weeks.

 

Marie-Noëlle

 

Sorry, I'm wrong here: I actually used Digikam yesterday to generate a couple of JPGs with the batch tool manager for publishing on line. But I didn't do any edit, nor access the device in question, and I didn't see whether it appears in the albums list or not.

Marie-Noëlle

 

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[tosca]

2017-11-12 16:18 GMT+01:00 Andrey Goreev <[hidden email]>:

Is the always show original box checked ?

https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/using-setup.html#using-setup-editor

If not try to check it and restart digikam 

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

Checked and restarted just now, but it didn't change anything.

And this particular HDD (work drive) serves only to import the pictures from the cards, and rate them. They are then moved to another drive (archive drive) before any editing takes place.

So there is no edited picture in this 'missing' drive; only pictures waiting for either selection or deletion.

Marie-Noëlle

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[Philip Tuckey-2]

Is the collection still mounted at the same place? I.e. is it accessible at the same path as given in your digikam configuration?

On 12 November 2017 16:08:11 CET, "Marie-Noëlle Augendre" <[hidden email]> wrote:

2017-11-12 15:57 GMT+01:00 Remco Viëtor <[hidden email]>:

Just as a guess:
That external drive is an USB drive, and shows up on a different device number
after reboot?
If that's the case, the identifier might have changed, so Digikam doesn't
recognise it as the drive linked under that collection. Collections are a
Digikam notion, and stored in its database/configuration, so won't be affected.

Again, this is just a (more of less educated) guess.

Remco

Thanks for the idea.

It has worked like a charm for ages, and I never had to change any device number.

If that's the case, how can I check it, then solve the issue?

Marie-Noëlle

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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

[tosca]

2017-11-13 8:47 GMT+01:00 Philip Tuckey <[hidden email]>:

Is the collection still mounted at the same place? I.e. is it accessible at the same path as given in your digikam configuration?

Yes, it is.

And anyway Digikam shows another external collection "SD Card Imports" though the drive is not even mounted (I have 3 HDD, but only 2 mounted at the same time).

Marie-Noëlle

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[tosca]

Still have no clue regarding the origin of the problem.

But the maintenance tool seems to have done the trick: searching new elements on the whole collections made reappear those that had gone missing.

Thank you everybody for your answers and advice,

Marie-Noëlle

2017-11-12 15:14 GMT+01:00 Marie-Noëlle Augendre <[hidden email]>:

Hi to everybody,

I had a bad surprise today when opening Digikam: one of my external drive doesn't show in the albums list, though it still appears in the collections list. And it is mounted and regularly accessible via the files manager. Re-launch Digikam and even reboot the system make no change.

Screencopy here shows the albums list and the collections configuration window: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtmzfd4mu5izgfk/20171112_S%C3%A9lection_001.png?dl=0

I'm running 5.6.0 version on a Fedora 26 system.

Any idea what could have gone wrong, and how to solve the issue?

Thanks for helping,

Marie-Noëlle

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