Bug 428270

Summary:	digikam sees only root folder
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	ax490 <ax490>
Component:	Setup-Collections	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	caulier.gilles, metzpinguin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	7.1.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	7.3.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description ax490@ncf.ca 2020-10-26 11:22:02 UTC

SUMMARY
digikam sees only root folder

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install on Linux Mint MATE 20.04
2. Start digikam
3. Attempt to specify collection location

OBSERVED RESULT
Only the root folder can be selected for collection, import, etc.

EXPECTED RESULT
Should be able to see/select any folder in my user space.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux Mint 20.04 MATE (MATE v 1.24.0)
flatpak digikam 7.1.0 
Qt Version: 5.0.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
digikam runs as superuser. Dangerous! Should run with user permissions only.

Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2020-10-26 11:35:28 UTC

This is a Debian package issue. With the AppImage everything is fine. DigiKam does not have to be used as a root user.

Maik

Comment 2 Maik Qualmann 2020-10-26 11:44:18 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 425138 ***

Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2021-04-04 07:37:29 UTC

Fixed with #425138