https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451153
--- Comment #17 from bugskde...@goland.org --- (In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #16) > The message actually says that no database server is running. You have to > leave digiKam with the error window open, otherwise the internal server will > be shut down again. Otherwise start a MySQL server manually with the > following command: > > /sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/home/yaron/.local/share/digikam/mysql.conf > --datadir=/home/yaron/Pictures/.mysql.digikam/db_data > --socket=/home/yaron/.local/share/digikam/db_misc/mysql.socket > > Maik Gotcha, o.k. so I left Digikam running and this happened: yaron@yaron-MS-7B79:~/Downloads$ mysql -u root -p --socket=/home/yaron/.local/share/digikam/db_misc/mysql.socket Enter password: Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MariaDB connection id is 13 Server version: 10.3.34-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.20.04.1-log Ubuntu 20.04 Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. MariaDB [(none)]> I tried SHOW TABLES FROM digikam; and got a nice big list of tables. So now what? Do I try to dump and restore? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.