(again) Database problems?

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(again) Database problems?

Jaime Suarez
Hi.

As I didn't receive answers I'm reposting my problem here to see if you have even a partial solution:

* I still can't add new albums and/or photos and the most recent pictures aren't visible altough they are in the disk.
* Digikam reports files in the database which are not in the disk, I accept to delete them but next time that digikam is started the same report appears.
* Error msgs starting digikam in the console:

QDate::fromString: Parameter out of range
Warning: Makernote: Pointer to next IFD is out of bounds; ignored.
Error: Directory Iop with 8224 entries considered invalid; not read.
Warning: IFD1: Pointer to next IFD is out of bounds; ignored.

Versions: Qt: 3.3.8b  KDE: 3.5.10  digiKam: 0.9.5-beta3
(Debian packages, ext3 filesystem)

Now, I can only think of a few alternatives.
a) Waiting for the next Debian package of digikam to see if it works.
b) Trying that digikam starts a new database from scratch (is  deleting digikam.db enough??) losing hundreds of tags and comments but at least keeping my photos and being able to use the program again.
c) Wiping all signs of Digikam from muy hard disk (again losing comments etc) and trying to use another program (I consider them worse but they may work for me).

Any ideas to keep as much as possible of the database and making digikam reconstruct it?

Thanks again for your help.




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Re: (again) Database problems?

Marcel Wiesweg


> As I didn't receive answers I'm reposting my problem here to see if you
> have even a partial solution:


Well apparently something strange is happening on your system and noone has any idea.


>
> * I still can't add new albums and/or photos and the most recent pictures
> aren't visible altough they are in the disk.
> * Digikam reports files in the database which are not in the disk, I accept
> to delete them but next time that digikam is started the same report
> appears.
> * Error msgs starting digikam in the console:
>
> QDate::fromString: Parameter out of range
> Warning: Makernote: Pointer to next IFD is out of bounds; ignored.
> Error: Directory Iop with 8224 entries considered invalid; not read.
> Warning: IFD1: Pointer to next IFD is out of bounds; ignored.


These have no importance for your problem.
But it seems digikam is scanning pictures. Write access to db file is all right? But that would give error messages anyway.


>
> Versions: Qt: 3.3.8b KDE: 3.5.10 digiKam: 0.9.5-beta3
> (Debian packages, ext3 filesystem)
>
> Now, I can only think of a few alternatives.
> a) Waiting for the next Debian package of digikam to see if it works.


Use digikam-0.10.0 is my first suggestion


> b) Trying that digikam starts a new database from scratch (is deleting
> digikam.db enough??) losing hundreds of tags and comments but at least
> keeping my photos and being able to use the program again.


Try just moving digikam3.db. Then you wont lose anything.


> c) Wiping all signs of Digikam from muy hard disk (again losing comments
> etc) and trying to use another program (I consider them worse but they may
> work for me).
>
> Any ideas to keep as much as possible of the database and making digikam
> reconstruct it?


Write comments and tags to image's metadata.


>
> Thanks again for your help.




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Re: (again) Database problems?

Jaime Suarez


On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Marcel Wiesweg <[hidden email]> wrote:


> As I didn't receive answers I'm reposting my problem here to see if you
> have even a partial solution:


Well apparently something strange is happening on your system and noone has any idea.

I didn't mean to bother reposting my problem but I received a very quick answer (asking for more information) to my first message and then nothing more, I hoped that someone could help somewhat as you have done.

I followed your suggestions writing tags and comments in image's metadata, then moving digikam's database and letting the program build the database again. With minimum losses I am able again to add photos. As of version 0.10.0 I will wait till it's available in Debian package.

I am really grateful to you all.

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Marcel Wiesweg


> I didn't mean to bother reposting my problem but I received a very quick
> answer (asking for more information) to my first message and then nothing
> more, I hoped that someone could help somewhat as you have done.


No worries.
(Mails always tend to be forgotten, that's life)


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