Delete your ~/.config/darktable directory to workaround this problem. It looks like a bug in darktable database upgrade logic. Which version of darktable did you have installed previously?
On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:12:58 +0100 Graham Moores <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently upgraded to Mac OS Catalina. > The version of darktable I had wouldn't allow me to open or access files. I > tried making a change to the security preferences to allow dt access to all > files. This didn't help. > > Next, I installed the latest version of dt (3.2.1). Now, I can't get dt to > run at all. I get two dialogs, but they fail and then dt quits. > > The first dialog says: "We have an updated performance configuration > logic..." with 'Yes / No buttons. Whether I click Yes or No, I then get a > second dialog which says "the database schema has to be upgraded for > .../,config/darktable/library.db do you want to proceed or quit now to do > ao backup", with buttons 'close darktable' and 'upgrade database'. Again, > it doesn't matter which button I click, darktable closes. > > I tried double clicking on the executable file, and found the following > messages in the terminal window that opened: > (1) - before clicking the 'Yes' button at the first dialog: > > (process:1553): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 18:06:59.009: g_object_set: > assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed > > (2) after clicking 'Yes': > > [defaults] found a 64-bit system with 8388608 kb ram and 4 cores (0 atom > based) > [defaults] setting high quality defaults > > > (3) after clicking 'upgrade database': > > [init] can't prepare insertion of used tags into data database > [init] table data.tags has no column named icon > [init] database `library.db' couldn't be upgraded from version 12 to 30. > aborting > ERROR : cannot open database > logout > Saving session... > ...copying shared history... > ...saving history...truncating history files... > ...completed. > > [Process completed] > > Is there any way a 'simple' GUI user can install dt now and open it on Mac > OS 10.15? > If there is a way I can rebuild the database (I don't care about any > presets or old xmp files), perhaps that would help, but I do not have the > first clue how I would go about that. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Graham > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
