Bug 116252

Summary:	failed to update db on nfs shares
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Otto Brandstaetter <otto>
Component:	Database-Media	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	caulier.gilles
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	7.5.0

Description Otto Brandstaetter 2005-11-13 17:47:54 UTC

Version:           0.8.0-rc (using KDE KDE 3.4.3)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs
OS:                Linux

Updated from digikam-0.7.4 to 0.8.0-rc using apt on Fedora Core 3 with kde 3.4.3.
After that, I got "Failed to update old Database to new Database format" and digikam exited when using an album path on a nfs-share. After moving the albums to a local hdd, everything worked fine. This is definitely not a rights-specific problem, I triple-checked this. Even after creating an empty folder on a nfs-share and setting this path in digicamrc, the error appeared. Strange...

Comment 1 Tom Albers 2005-11-13 22:24:39 UTC

There are various problems concerning nfs. We made a solution to place the database on another location with a special hack. So if you insist in using nfs, please consider using that hack. It can be found elsewhere in bko. It is beyond the scope of digiKam to fix these issues.

Comment 2 Axel Mueller 2005-12-04 19:08:54 UTC

I experienced that problem as well when I placed the Digikam database on a volume mounted via NFS version 3. The problem did no longer exist when I switched to NFS version 4 although it is not much fun even with 100 MBit/s. Using it over 54 MBit/s WLAN is not really an option.

Comment 3 Chris Bayley 2006-03-30 21:30:32 UTC

I have spent quite time searching for the aforementioned 'hack' (just short of the time required to rehack it myself I would guess!) and can't locate it so if anyone has a reference to it I would be greatful !

Comment 4 Tom Albers 2006-03-31 09:39:01 UTC

gg: digikam nfs 
1st result, although 2nd is better ;-)

Comment 5 Hugh Warrington 2006-04-17 01:58:07 UTC

This seems to be relevant:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.kde.digikam.devel/2166/