Re: [darktable-dev] Apparently the removal of the XMP file still causes darktable to crash ...

2021-04-07 Thread Sturm Flut
Hi, there is a workaround: darktable ships an utility called "purge_non_existing_images.sh". If you move the problematic picture to a different location and run the script with "purge_non_existing_images.sh --purge", it will remove the data for this image from the database because the path

Re: [darktable-dev] Apparently the removal of the XMP file still causes darktable to crash ...

2021-04-07 Thread Postmaster
apparently i need to create a t(ruth)-table. The import file & import folder behaves a bit differently. So I need to create a T-Table to see watt r the conditions that will cause the failure. i now just to need to document the conditions that will exact that failure. :-/ just a bit different

Re: [darktable-dev] Apparently the removal of the XMP file still causes darktable to crash ...

2021-04-07 Thread Postmaster
So erasing contents os the xmp does me mo good in localizing the problem :-/ how does one FULLY erase db's memory recollection of that image? Delete darktable image/data, then rename xmp file? On 4/7/21 10:11 AM, Mica Semrick wrote: Everything that is in the XMP is held in the db as well. On

Re: [darktable-dev] Apparently the removal of the XMP file still causes darktable to crash ...

2021-04-07 Thread Postmaster
Since i cant get darktable to run without crashing, i cant erase the picture from its memory. do I have to delete the .db file before i run darktable? On 4/7/21 10:11 AM, Mica Semrick wrote: Everything that is in the XMP is held in the db as well. On April 7, 2021 6:30:59 AM PDT, Postmaster

Re: [darktable-dev] Apparently the removal of the XMP file still causes darktable to crash ...

2021-04-07 Thread Mica Semrick
Everything that is in the XMP is held in the db as well. On April 7, 2021 6:30:59 AM PDT, Postmaster wrote: >Which leads me to think that the history of the picture is being kept >in >an alternate place. Like somewhere in .cache. Maybe a .db? >OR is it my imagination that something more is

[darktable-dev] Apparently the removal of the XMP file still causes darktable to crash ...

2021-04-07 Thread Postmaster
Which leads me to think that the history of the picture is being kept in an alternate place. Like somewhere in .cache. Maybe a .db? OR is it my imagination that something more is happening to me. ___ darktable developer