Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-12-01 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* tony Hamilton [12-01-20 11:47]: > "we cannot see the lines which you refer, please type them here and we will > try to explain." > > I guess that 'lines' means the error messages that were displayed in the > command prompt window?. I did type them in my post, but I'll repeat them > here: > >

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-12-01 Thread tony Hamilton
My problem with the original post in this conversation is that of being confused/mislead by the term 'text window' - which I took to be a 'window' (in the sense of an application window) presented by a text application. My version of Linux Mint 20 names the 'command prompt' (Windows

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-12-01 Thread tony Hamilton
"we cannot see the lines which you refer, please type them here and we will try to explain." I guess that 'lines' means the error messages that were displayed in the command prompt window?. I did type them in my post, but I'll repeat them here: First error message: (darktable:5370):

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-12-01 Thread tony Hamilton
"I find your posts more and more aggressive, and less and less informed about very basic things concerning your chosen operating system" Hmm, very sorry and embarrassed about this; it's not intentional, just a result of not having anybody advise me about this behaviour (until now), and other

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-30 Thread Michael
While being gentle is good advice, this is a darktable list, but a basic linux list. A web search for "learn linux" would be of great assistance to Mr. Hamilton. On December 1, 2020 2:18:21 AM UTC, Terry Pinfold wrote: >Patrick, Please be careful how you word some of your replies. Be gentle

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-30 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Terry Pinfold [11-30-20 21:20]: > Patrick, Please be careful how you word some of your replies. Be gentle > with people who have less computer skills than yourself. It reminds me of > when I tried to teach my wife how to do something on a computer and I told > her to right click, when she

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-30 Thread Terry Pinfold
Patrick, Please be careful how you word some of your replies. Be gentle with people who have less computer skills than yourself. It reminds me of when I tried to teach my wife how to do something on a computer and I told her to right click, when she failed to do this I raised my voice and said

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-30 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Terry Pinfold [11-30-20 20:28]: > On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 at 12:18, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > * tony Hamilton [11-30-20 20:08]: > > > Really confused; what is this? Where is this text window? In > > Libre-Office? > > > Or another text editor? Which one? I am looking for a text window which >

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-30 Thread Terry Pinfold
On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 at 12:18, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * tony Hamilton [11-30-20 20:08]: > > Really confused; what is this? Where is this text window? In > Libre-Office? > > Or another text editor? Which one? I am looking for a text window which > > contains this text or do I enter this text?

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-30 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* tony Hamilton [11-30-20 20:14]: > Ah, OK, thanks for the clarification. In another test  I have invoked > darktable from the command line using the application name only with no > options or parameters. I then asked dt to import a newly created folder of > images which I have just copied from a

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-30 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* tony Hamilton [11-30-20 20:08]: > Really confused; what is this? Where is this text window? In Libre-Office? > Or another text editor? Which one? I am looking for a text window which > contains this text or do I enter this text? What does 'not darktable-cli do? > What is the meaning of the text

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-30 Thread tony Hamilton
Ah, OK, thanks for the clarification. In another test  I have invoked darktable from the command line using the application name only with no options or parameters. I then asked dt to import a newly created folder of images which I have just copied from a network drive. Import completed

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-30 Thread tony Hamilton
Really confused; what is this? Where is this text window? In Libre-Office? Or another text editor? Which one? I am looking for a text window which contains this text or do I enter this text? What does 'not darktable-cli do? What is the meaning of the text string (It seems to be syntactically

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-30 Thread Willy Williams
Do you know how to open a terminal window?  If not, click on "Applications", then type in "terminal" in the search box at the top.  That will put you at the Command Line Interface (CLI) where you can enter the appropriate commands.  Give it a shot. Willy Williams -- "You don't take a

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-30 Thread Remco Viëtor
On lundi 30 novembre 2020 19:27:18 CET tony Hamilton wrote: > Really confused; what is this? Where is this text window? In > Libre-Office? Or another text editor? Which one? I am looking for a text > window which contains this text or do I enter this text? What does 'not > darktable-cli do? What

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-29 Thread KOVÁCS István
On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 at 17:35, tony Hamilton wrote: > > Not sure that I fully understand 'run from the command-line' I merely meant starting a shell, and using the 'darktable' command there to launch the application, hoping that you'd get some error message printed there when darktable freezes. I

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-29 Thread tony Hamilton
You make a valid point: I had not seen the section on how to activate OpenCL in dt, so I had not read it. I now have and have discovered that OpenCL is not available in my system. The second paragraph of section 10.2.3 in the dt manual lists the requirements for OpenCL to be available to dt. I

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-29 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* tony Hamilton [11-29-20 20:15]: > Not sure that I fully understand 'run from the command-line' to import a > file or a folder, but when I pass the address of a previously unseen folder > to darktable using CLI it opens that folder with no problem, giving me > darkroom access to all the included

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-29 Thread tony Hamilton
Not sure that I fully understand 'run from the command-line' to import a file or a folder, but when I pass the address of a previously unseen folder to darktable using CLI it opens that folder with no problem, giving me darkroom access to all the included images. I don't see any errors, but it

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-29 Thread Remco Viëtor
On dimanche 29 novembre 2020 17:34:04 CET tony Hamilton wrote: > Not sure that I fully understand 'run from the command-line' to import a > file or a folder, but when I pass the address of a previously unseen > folder to darktable using CLI it opens that folder with no problem, > giving me

Re: [darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-29 Thread KOVÁCS István
On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 at 10:27, tony Hamilton wrote: > For the past few weeks I have noticed that dt .3.2.1 freezes towards the > end of the import process When run from the command-line, do you see any errors? Do you use OpenCL? If yes, which card and driver? What operating system? Kofa

[darktable-user] dt 3.2.1 freezes on every import, probably user error; how to correct?

2020-11-29 Thread tony Hamilton
For the past few weeks I have noticed that dt .3.2.1 freezes towards the end of the import process, whether importing a file or a folder, from my hard disk or from external media. Upon clicking the 'close app' icon I get the message 'darktable failed to respond' (or words to that effect) and I