https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435507
Bug ID: 435507
Summary: New install digiKam 7.2 on Windows Error opening
database
Product: digikam
Version: 7.2.0
Platform: Microsoft Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows
Status: REPORTED
Severity: critical
Priority: NOR
Component: Database
Assignee: digikam-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: m...@newmikeman.co.uk
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
New install of digiKam 7.2.0 on Windows 10 - Error opening database even before
digiKam has got itself going.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install digiKam 7.2.0 on Windows 10
Used digiKam-7.2.0-Win64.exe then digiKam-7.2.0-Win64.tar.xz in case
the issue was about anti-malware.
2. Run digiKam
3. Pop-up "Error while opening the database. digiKam will try to automatically
connect to the database". There's a progress bar going on and on. Click on
Cancel (no other choice).
4. Further pop-up "Failed to open the database. You cannot use digiKam without
a working database. digiKam will attempt to start now, but it will not be
functional. Please check the database settings in the configuration menu."
Click on OK (no other choice)
5. Small splash screen showing a rural scene stays around for a little while
then vanishes.
OBSERVED RESULT
No program running.
If digiKam can't find its database one would expect a grown-up software to name
the missing database and to start with an empty one or a choice of that or to
browse to the right one.
EXPECTED RESULT
Running program something like the screen shots published on the Internet.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 10
macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma:
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version:
KDE Frameworks Version:
Qt Version:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I tried digiKam 6.4 a few years ago and had uninstalled it; I don't know
whether or why that would make any difference.
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