Bug 278331

Summary: SETUP : digiKam does not access files on NAS
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Jowi Krause <johann-w>
Component: Database-MultiusersAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: caulier.gilles, craig.magina
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.9.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian stable   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 7.5.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Jowi Krause 2011-07-23 13:25:35 UTC 
Version:           1.9.0
OS:                Linux

I have most of my picture files on a NAS server, which is part of my LAN.
When I try to add one of the NAS folders via Settings-Configure-Collections- Network Shares-Add collection I can choose the folder on the NAS cliucking through the Samba Shares tree. But when I add it, I get the window telling me: "Problem adding collection. The selected folder does not exist or is not readable".
How that, if I have just found it with Digikam?

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
The NAS is mounted using a bash scrip with gvfs-mount. It is accessible in Dolphin. I use the menu steps Settings-Configure-Collections- Network Shares-Add collection, find and choose a folder on the NAS (I do not want to have all the picture directories continuously added as collction as that would probably make the system very slow).

Actual Results:  
 I always get the response that the folder is not readable.

Expected Results:  
I want to b able to add the folders on the NAS as collections.

I am running DigiKam on a Ubuntu Natty Narwhal desktop PC. I am not a linux guru, and unable to use the workarounds which were described in various forums for older versions of DigiKam.
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2011-07-23 13:32:26 UTC 
defintivly, i recommend to check 2.0.0 rc where a lots of improvements and fixes have been done. final release is planed in few days...
gilles caulier
Comment 2 Marcel Wiesweg 2011-07-23 14:15:14 UTC 
This is the relevant code in collectionmanager.cpp:
    QString path = fileUrl.toLocalFile(KUrl::RemoveTrailingSlash);
    QDir dir(path);
    if (!dir.isReadable())
    {
       *message = i18n("The selected folder does not exist or is not readable");
    }
as you see, it looks pretty innocent. We'd need to check that nothing is done to the file path prior to this, then why QDir says the directory is not readable. I dont have a NAS for testing here.
Comment 3 Jowi Krause 2011-07-23 17:40:56 UTC 
It seems I found a work-around:

When the NAS is mounted, it can be accessed in the .gvfs folder (hidden). If I add this as a local collection, it works fine. Just be sure you don't have too big folders, else it takes ages to get them searched and added.

And now I will wait for 2.0.0. Maybe the samba works there. Or could there be an issue that mounting with gvfs is different from mouting cifs, and DigiKam only likes the cifs-mounted external resources?
Comment 4 Marcel Wiesweg 2011-07-24 13:15:27 UTC 
Could it be that you have some sort of virtual file system with gvfs like some KDE ioslaves do? We need a native filesystem provided by the kernel.
Comment 5 caulier.gilles 2011-12-15 09:08:10 UTC 
Jowi,

Do you see comment #4 from Marcel ?

Can you test digiKam 2.4 ?

Gilles Caulier
Comment 6 Craig Magina 2013-06-25 00:34:09 UTC 
I am not seeing the error message, instead it does nothing. I am running Kubuntu 13.04 amd64, KDE 4.10.4, digikam 3.1.0.
Comment 7 caulier.gilles 2016-07-06 20:31:28 UTC 
This file still valid using last digiKam 5.0.0 ?

Gilles Caulier
Comment 8 caulier.gilles 2020-08-03 05:04:48 UTC 
digiKam 7.0.0 stable release is now published:

https://www.digikam.org/news/2020-07-19-7.0.0_release_announcement/

We need a fresh feedback on this file using this version.

Best Regards

Gilles Caulier
Comment 9 caulier.gilles 2022-01-10 16:16:03 UTC 
No feedback. Cloased