Re: Digikam-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 41

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> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:15:40 -0800
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>> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:38:53 -0800
>> From: Duffields <[hidden email]>
>> Subject: [Digikam-users] Crash recovery
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>> I just completed an evaluation of Photo Management applications for Ubuntu (Ver
>> 7.10) and had settled on DigiKam as the best. BUT today I hooked up an NAS to
>> see how DigiKam would perform and when I was editing some photos, DigiKam
>> stalled when deleting a photo.
>>
>> The NAS was churning madly for a long time so I re-booted the Ubuntu Box and
>> when I tried to re-start DigiKam, a message displayed "Failed to update old
>> Database to new Database format" and DigiKam would not load.
>>
>> I tried un-installing DigiKam and deleting all related data files that I could
>> find, then re-installing DigiKam but I still get the same error message when
>> trying to run it.
>>
>> Can someone tell me how I can re-start DigiKam and if this is a known problem is
>> there a work-around?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:42:07 +0100
>> From: "Gilles Caulier" <[hidden email]>
>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Crash recovery
>> To: "digiKam - Digital Photo Management for the masses"
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>> Hi,
>>
>> What do you mean by "NAS" exactly ? A network file system ?
>>
>
> Sorry, I hate it myself when people use acronyms and contractions when
> communicating with others who may not know the jargon.
>
> NAS - "Network Accessible Storage".  I have a D-Link DNS-323 Network drive that
> is configured with two hard drives with mirror imaging.  All my computers are
> connected to it and all the shared files are kept on it rather than on the
> individual computers.  It works well on a network composed of both Windows and
> Linux computers.
>
> I was testing Digikam on local files on an Ubuntu Box and when I decided on
> which photo management application to keep (Digikam) I pointed Digikam to the
> NAS device by changing the Digikam setup.
>
> It seemed to work perfectly until I started moving and deleting photo files.
> After deleting a couple of files, Digikam froze and the drive indicator lights
> on the NAS began blinking furiously, and access from other computers slowed to a
> crawl.  That went on for for about five minutes until I lost my nerve.  I could
> not kill Digikam so I re-booted the Ubuntu computer.
>
> When I restarted it and tried to re-start Digikam, I got the error message
> described above.  I re-tried with no success so then I tried to un-install
> Digikam, deleted all residual files that I could find that contained digikam,
> and re-installed Digikam.
>
> Despite doing all that, when I try to re-start Digikam, I still get the same error.
>
> I would like to keep Digikam and find a work-around if possible, but I need to
> know where Digikam keeps the database that the message referred to and how I can
> re-build it without being able to start Digikam.
>
> Is there a "safe mode" to start Digikam?
>
> Any advice or information you can provide would be much appreciated.  I am quite
> new to Linux, having only played with it for a few months, but it looks like it
> is a viable replacement for Windows although perhaps we will still need one or
> two virtual Windows machines for a few Windows dependent applications.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mac
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:21:29 +0100
> From: "Gilles Caulier" <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Digikam-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 40
> To: "digiKam - Digital Photo Management for the masses"
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> 2008/2/29, Duffields <[hidden email]>:
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>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:38:53 -0800
>>> From: Duffields <[hidden email]>
>>> Subject: [Digikam-users] Crash recovery
>>> To: [hidden email]
>>> Message-ID: <[hidden email]>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>
>>> I just completed an evaluation of Photo Management applications for
>> Ubuntu (Ver
>>> 7.10) and had settled on DigiKam as the best. BUT today I hooked up an
>> NAS to
>>> see how DigiKam would perform and when I was editing some photos,
>> DigiKam
>>> stalled when deleting a photo.
>>>
>>> The NAS was churning madly for a long time so I re-booted the Ubuntu Box
>> and
>>> when I tried to re-start DigiKam, a message displayed "Failed to update
>> old
>>> Database to new Database format" and DigiKam would not load.
>>>
>>> I tried un-installing DigiKam and deleting all related data files that I
>> could
>>> find, then re-installing DigiKam but I still get the same error message
>> when
>>> trying to run it.
>>>
>>> Can someone tell me how I can re-start DigiKam and if this is a known
>> problem is
>>> there a work-around?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:42:07 +0100
>>> From: "Gilles Caulier" <[hidden email]>
>>> Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] Crash recovery
>>> To: "digiKam - Digital Photo Management for the masses"
>>>       <[hidden email]>
>>> Message-ID:
>>>       <[hidden email]>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> What do you mean by "NAS" exactly ? A network file system ?
>>>
>> Sorry, I hate it myself when people use acronyms and contractions when
>> communicating with others who may not know the jargon.
>>
>> NAS - "Network Accessible Storage".  I have a D-Link DNS-323 Network drive
>> that
>> is configured with two hard drives with mirror imaging.  All my computers
>> are
>> connected to it and all the shared files are kept on it rather than on the
>> individual computers.  It works well on a network composed of both Windows
>> and
>> Linux computers.
>>
>> I was testing Digikam on local files on an Ubuntu Box and when I decided
>> on
>> which photo management application to keep (Digikam) I pointed Digikam to
>> the
>> NAS device by changing the Digikam setup.
>>
>> It seemed to work perfectly until I started moving and deleting photo
>> files.
>> After deleting a couple of files, Digikam froze and the drive indicator
>> lights
>> on the NAS began blinking furiously, and access from other computers
>> slowed to a
>> crawl.  That went on for for about five minutes until I lost my nerve.  I
>> could
>> not kill Digikam so I re-booted the Ubuntu computer.
>>
>> When I restarted it and tried to re-start Digikam, I got the error message
>> described above.  I re-tried with no success so then I tried to un-install
>> Digikam, deleted all residual files that I could find that contained
>> digikam,
>> and re-installed Digikam.
>>
>> Despite doing all that, when I try to re-start Digikam, I still get the
>> same error.
>>
>> I would like to keep Digikam and find a work-around if possible, but I
>> need to
>> know where Digikam keeps the database that the message referred to and how
>> I can
>> re-build it without being able to start Digikam.
>>
>> Is there a "safe mode" to start Digikam?
>>
>> Any advice or information you can provide would be much appreciated.  I am
>> quite
>> new to Linux, having only played with it for a few months, but it looks
>> like it
>> is a viable replacement for Windows although perhaps we will still need
>> one or
>> two virtual Windows machines for a few Windows dependent applications.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mac
>>
>>
> Duing a problem with QSlite against remote file system, digiKam 0.9.x is not
> compatible by default with NAS, because sqlite file used by digiKam is
> hosted on root album.
>
> There is a way to wrap around this problem using file-link. Look here :
>
> http://www.digikam.org/?q=node/219
>
> Of course with future 0.10.0 release (KDE4 port), this problem have been
> fixed (plus a lots of new features) :
>
> http://digikam3rdparty.free.fr/Screenshots/digikamKDE4_15.png
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier

Thanks for that information Gilles.  I have no problem waiting for the next
version and perhaps I can work around the problem now that I know what causes it.

However, my immediate problem is 'How can I get Digikam to run again?'  As
mentioned previously, I tried deleting Digikam, and all the "digikam" files I
could find, then re-installing it but the new installation would not open using
the digikam defaults. It still wanted to get files from the NAS. Obviously there
is a legacy file somewhere that is causing digikam to go off and attempt to
search the NAS.

Do you know how I can restore Digikam to its defaults so I can use it on local
files on by Ubuntu box?

Sorry to be such a pest.

Mac
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