Re: [darktable-user] Corrupted installation of darktable on Linux Mint 21
In checking today, the System Monitor (as suggested) showed only the error message window as shown below. There were no darktable-related processes running (which I anticipated, given that darktable refused to start). I ran the ps tool that Remco suggested, and got the same results. I could find NO lock files related to darktable anywhere on the system; neither data.db.lock nor library.db.lock (p. 287 in The Fine Manual). What to do now? I moved data.db and library.db to the desktop. Lo and behold, darktable started normally. I have to presume that one or the other were corrupted, so both got deleted. In any case, darktable is once again up and running. I am looking forward to v4.2.0 popping out of the chute in the very near future. Thanks to Butch and Remco for their suggestions. Willy Williams ** On 12/15/22 22:57, Butch Carpenter wrote: On 12/15/22 18:10, Willy Williams wrote: I've run into a challenge on my one Linux Mint 21 computer. Since yesterday, when I start darktable, I get the message below. I've deleted the lock files repeatedly, to no avail. I've uninstalled and reinstalled darktable, but get the same message every time. I am NOT a Linux wizard and haven't a good idea of how to resolve this issue. Anyone got some good advice? I'm hoping to come to a successful resolution before darktable 4.2 springs out later this month. Willy Williams -- "When a photo of a person looks deep into your spirit and tells you a thousand stories ... stories from your past even before you existed, then the photo is way above any description." - Sameh Elsayed -- I am not a Mint user (I use Ubuntu), but you should have an application named "System Monitor". You need to open that and make sure you are on the Processes tab. If you see one called 'darktable', press End Process on the lower right border of the System Monitor window, then press End Process on the pop-up. Check to make sure you do not have multiple darktable processes. Cecil Carpenter darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
Re: [darktable-user] Corrupted installation of darktable on Linux Mint 21
On vendredi 16 décembre 2022 00:10:00 CET Willy Williams wrote: > I've run into a challenge on my one Linux Mint 21 computer. Since > yesterday, when I start darktable, I get the message below. I've deleted > the lock files repeatedly, to no avail. I've uninstalled and > reinstalled darktable, but get the same message every time. I am NOT a > Linux wizard and haven't a good idea of how to resolve this issue. > Anyone got some good advice? I'm hoping to come to a successful > resolution before darktable 4.2 springs out later this month. > > Willy Williams I get such a message when I try to restart darktable too quickly after I closed it. After a few seconds (10-20? at most), the problem solves itself (as the previous run will have finished its clean-up). Or you may have another copy running, e.g. on another virtual desktop. You can use several tools to check that (one you certainly have is "ps", so try in a terminal window (no need to use root for this): ps -aux | grep -i "darktable" That should show you any copy still running with an extra line for the "grep" program, so if you see two or more lines, there is a copy running... (what that command does: 'ps -aux' lists all running processes on your computer, 'grep -i "darktable" ' then retains only those lines that have the word "darktable" in them.) Another cause might be an unexpected shutdown of your computer, after e.g. a power cut; in such a case, darktable won't have had the time to clean up after itself. (although that wouldn't explain why you' have to remove lock files repeatedly). Uninstalling and reinstall darktable won't remove the lock files, so it won't help. Also, if you need to manually remove the lock files, it might be a good idea to verify the integrity of the databases before restarting darktable... The locks are there to prevent database corruption by another copy of darktable, so if they are there while there's no copy of darktable running, there's a good chance the last shutdown wasn't done correctly. That means the database may not have been closed correctly either. darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
Re: [darktable-user] Corrupted installation of darktable on Linux Mint 21
On 12/15/22 18:10, Willy Williams wrote: I've run into a challenge on my one Linux Mint 21 computer. Since yesterday, when I start darktable, I get the message below. I've deleted the lock files repeatedly, to no avail. I've uninstalled and reinstalled darktable, but get the same message every time. I am NOT a Linux wizard and haven't a good idea of how to resolve this issue. Anyone got some good advice? I'm hoping to come to a successful resolution before darktable 4.2 springs out later this month. Willy Williams -- "When a photo of a person looks deep into your spirit and tells you a thousand stories ... stories from your past even before you existed, then the photo is way above any description." - Sameh Elsayed -- I am not a Mint user (I use Ubuntu), but you should have an application named "System Monitor". You need to open that and make sure you are on the Processes tab. If you see one called 'darktable', press End Process on the lower right border of the System Monitor window, then press End Process on the pop-up. Check to make sure you do not have multiple darktable processes. Cecil Carpenter darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
