Bug 421210 - digiKam 5.9.0-1+b1 refuses to start since LMDE4 Debbie upgrade
Summary: digiKam 5.9.0-1+b1 refuses to start since LMDE4 Debbie upgrade
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Portability-Runtime (show other bugs)
Version: 5.9.0
Platform: Mint (Debian based) Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2020-05-09 03:50 UTC by rob.fish
Modified: 2020-06-29 05:34 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 7.0.0


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Description rob.fish 2020-05-09 03:50:41 UTC
Digikam 4:5.9.0-1+b1 refuses to start since LMDE4 Debbie upgrade, yet it shows as a running process in System Monitor. There are other reports to the same in the Linux Mint forums.

Installs without issue. 

SYSTEM INFO:

System:    Host: dellaio Kernel: 4.19.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: LMDE 4 Debbie 
           base: Debian 10.2 buster 

Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 9020 AIO v: 00 serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 13 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: N/A serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A20 date: 05/17/2019  

CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4770S bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell 
           rev: 3 L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 49489 
           Speed: 934 MHz min/max: 800/3900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1033 2: 1011 3: 1011 4: 1067 
           5: 1095 6: 1057 7: 1001 8: 998 

Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated 

Graphics vendor: Dell 
           driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0412 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Desktop v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6 compat-v: 3.0 
           direct render: Yes  

Repos:     Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
           1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com debbie main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
           2: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           3: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           4: deb http: //security.debian.org buster/updates main contrib non-free
           5: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main contrib non-free

Info:      Processes: 240 Uptime: 5h 38m Memory: 7.70 GiB used: 3.11 GiB (40.4%) Init: systemd 
           v: 241 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Client: Unknown python3.7 client
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2020-05-09 04:30:07 UTC
DigiKam-5.9.0 is very old, over 2 years and is unmaintained. Please try the latest stable version of digiKam-6.4.0. If these are not available in your system, try the AppImage from www.digikam.org.

Otherwise we need at least the output of the console.
Start digiKam in the console and post the messages that are output.

Maik
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2020-05-09 04:36:47 UTC
We need a debug trace from terminal. See https://www.digikam.org/contribute/ for details
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2020-05-24 04:33:11 UTC
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Comment 4 rob.fish 2020-05-24 19:47:38 UTC
Was able to install via AppImage, although why it's not up to date on the download page makes no sense to me, as it would've been a non-issue for me.