[digiKam-users] Digikam 7.1.0 crashes internal mysqli server on start with MacOs Catalina

[Dr Janne Ohtonen]

Hi,

Would you have any idea why Digikam 7.1.0 won’t open the internal mysqli database on my Mac (Catalina)? This has never worked for me.

You can find the Apple crash report and screenshots attached.

Currently I can’t use the Digikam with this photo collection at all as it won’t open. I can’t use any database migration tools either as the internal sql server won’t start.

Any ideas what’s wrong?

Kind regards,
Janne

[Remco Viëtor]

On mercredi 21 octobre 2020 13:23:17 CEST Dr Janne Ohtonen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Would you have any idea why Digikam 7.1.0 won’t open the internal mysqli
> database on my Mac (Catalina)? This has never worked for me.

Do you mean that on previous tries MySQL wouldn't work either, or that it now
refuses to open the database that worked correctly before?

> You can find the Apple crash report and screenshots attached.
>
> Currently I can’t use the Digikam with this photo collection at all as it
> won’t open. I can’t use any database migration tools either as the internal
> sql server won’t start.
>

SQLite doesn't work either? Note that internal MySQL is marked as
"experimental" in your screenshot...

> Any ideas what’s wrong?

Well, the mysql.err mentions corrupt datafiles. Also, as a possible cause it
mentions the presence of files created during an earlier run that crashed or
was forcibly terminated (user intervention, power failure, ...).

Remco

[Maik Qualmann]

MariaDB cannot start the InnoDB plugin. It looks like it can't create log
files or it can't be accessed. Here, too, I suspect that either digiKam or
MariaDB does not have the required rights to the file system. You can find
many issues related to MariaDB on the web after switching to Catalina.

Open a terminal and activate the debug output and start digiKam as described
here for MacOS:

https://www.digikam.org/contribute/

Maybe there is more information in the debug output.

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 22. Oktober 2020, 11:19:29 CEST schrieb Remco Viëtor:

> On mercredi 21 octobre 2020 13:23:17 CEST Dr Janne Ohtonen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Would you have any idea why Digikam 7.1.0 won’t open the internal mysqli
> > database on my Mac (Catalina)? This has never worked for me.
>
> Do you mean that on previous tries MySQL wouldn't work either, or that it
> now refuses to open the database that worked correctly before?
>
> > You can find the Apple crash report and screenshots attached.
> >
> > Currently I can’t use the Digikam with this photo collection at all as it
> > won’t open. I can’t use any database migration tools either as the
> > internal
> > sql server won’t start.
>
> SQLite doesn't work either? Note that internal MySQL is marked as
> "experimental" in your screenshot...
>
> > Any ideas what’s wrong?
>
> Well, the mysql.err mentions corrupt datafiles. Also, as a possible cause it
> mentions the presence of files created during an earlier run that crashed
> or was forcibly terminated (user intervention, power failure, ...).
>
> Remco