Bug 314953 - Import window and digiKam window freeze when clicking "Download all"
Summary: Import window and digiKam window freeze when clicking "Download all"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Import-Gphoto2 (show other bugs)
Version: 4.2.0
Platform: Gentoo Packages Linux
: NOR crash
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2013-02-12 00:35 UTC by DrSlony
Modified: 2020-08-12 12:54 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In: 4.3.0


Attachments
Screencast of problem in 4.2.0 (1.90 MB, video/webm)
2014-09-01 13:11 UTC, DrSlony
Details

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Description DrSlony 2013-02-12 00:35:09 UTC
After waiting 90 seconds for the Import window to display all 2052 photos on a memory card, I clicked "Download all". The window froze. I Alt+Tabbed to the digiKam window, it too was frozen. After 100 seconds it unfroze for a second and created 14 folders. Then it froze again, and 3 minutes later unfroze to show me the download progress.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get a modern memory card, e.g. 32GB
2. Shoot a lot of raw photos. I have 2052 photos spread out over 14 folders (1 folder = 1 day)
3. Import.
Actual Results:  
Freeze for over a minute, unfreeze for a second, freeze again for about 3 minutes.

Expected Results:  
No freezing, immediate progress report.
Comment 1 Teemu Rytilahti 2014-01-02 08:44:48 UTC
Loaded some 3,5GB of images from a memory card without a freeze in current master. Do you mind retesting this when the next release comes up?
Comment 2 DrSlony 2014-01-02 10:08:26 UTC
Of course I will. I'm on 3.5.0 now. Two patches were committed the other day, perhaps they addressed this too.
Comment 3 Teemu Rytilahti 2014-01-02 10:42:22 UTC
Could be, could be something else too. Anyway, there's a lot of changes in the upcoming 4.0 release which may be related to this, so if possible please test before the final release.
Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2014-05-24 06:22:50 UTC
digiKam 4.0.0 is out. Please check if this file still reproducible on your computer

Thanks in advance

Gilles Caulier
Comment 5 DrSlony 2014-05-29 11:38:49 UTC
I confirm the fix, no freezing, however I still had to wait for all thumbs to be displayed before I could click "download/delete all" which is a big waste of time. digikam-4.0.0 and kipi-plugins-3.5.0
Comment 6 caulier.gilles 2014-09-01 07:49:39 UTC
To respond to DrSonly from Comment #5 :

The "wait for all thumbs" is a problem reported to bug #314952

The original problem sound like fixed now.

Gilles Caulier
Comment 7 DrSlony 2014-09-01 13:11:12 UTC
Created attachment 88521 [details]
Screencast of problem in 4.2.0
Comment 8 DrSlony 2014-09-01 13:12:34 UTC
Hi

This issue is not 100% fixed in 4.2.0. While there is no freezing, the menu entries are not always clickable.

I have 1192 photos on my SD card. When I open the Import window it immediately fills up with thumbnail placeholders while the thumbs are being generated. Now if I click on the "Image" menu the items are active, I can press them. So far so good. If you are following the steps to reproduce, close the Import window.

Open the Import window again ("Import > Card Readers > SD/MMC Card Reader etc"). Now as soon as the thumbnail placeholders appear, scroll down! Now when I click on the Image menu, for a second the items are clickable, but then they get disabled. They remain disabled until some thumbs are generated, but I couldn't figure out which ones.

I have attached a screencast of the problem, it is standard VP8 and so should play in any modern browser (Opera, Firefox, Chrome, Chromium) or mpv/mplayer/vlc etc.

Would you like me to open this as a new issue?
Comment 9 DrSlony 2014-09-01 13:13:12 UTC
In fact I'll do that as the original issue is fixed.
Comment 10 caulier.gilles 2014-09-01 14:28:32 UTC
Note new issue reported to comment #8 is here :

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338730

Gilles Caulier