https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462736
--- Comment #55 from caulier.gil...@gmail.com --- Maik, Under macOS i use now the standard mariadb port to compile qt mysql database plugin. (1) https://ports.macports.org/port/mariadb/ Look well the release number : 5.5.68 Previously, i used this one: (2) https://ports.macports.org/port/mariadb-10.5/ ...with the release number: 10.5.18 (1) do not work with an internal server database where (2) works as expected. The error messages from a console are : digikam.databaseserver: Database Parameters: Type: "QMYSQL" DB Core Name: "digikam" DB Thumbs Name: "digikam" DB Face Name: "digikam" DB Similarity Name: "digikam" Connect Options: "UNIX_SOCKET=/Users/gilles/Library/Application Support/digikam/digikam/db_misc/mysql.socket" Host Name: "" Host port: -1 Internal Server: true Internal Server Path: "/Users/gilles/Pictures/" Internal Server Admin Cmd: "/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/lib/mariadb/bin/mysqladmin" Internal Server Serv Cmd: "/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/lib/mariadb/bin/mysqld" Internal Server Init Cmd: "/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/lib/mariadb/bin/mysql_install_db" Username: "root" Password: "" digikam.databaseserver: Internal Server data path: "/Users/gilles/Pictures/.mysql.digikam/db_data" digikam.databaseserver: The mysql configuration was already up-to-date: "/Users/gilles/Library/Application Support/digikam/digikam/mysql.conf" digikam.databaseserver: Database server: "/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/lib/mariadb/bin/mysqld" ("--defaults-file=/Users/gilles/Library/Application Support/digikam/digikam/mysql.conf", "--datadir=/Users/gilles/Pictures/.mysql.digikam/db_data", "--basedir=/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents//lib/mariadb/", "--socket=/Users/gilles/Library/Application Support/digikam/digikam/db_misc/mysql.socket") digikam.databaseserver: "Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection." digikam.databaseserver: Executable: "/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/lib/mariadb/bin/mysqld" digikam.databaseserver: Arguments: "--defaults-file=/Users/gilles/Library/Application Support/digikam/digikam/mysql.conf, --datadir=/Users/gilles/Pictures/.mysql.digikam/db_data, --basedir=/Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents//lib/mariadb/, --socket=/Users/gilles/Library/Application Support/digikam/digikam/db_misc/mysql.socket" digikam.databaseserver: Stdout: "" digikam.databaseserver: Stderr: "230216 7:30:01 [Warning] options --log-slow-admin-statements, --log-queries-not-using-indexes and --log-slow-slave-statements have no effect if --log_slow_queries is not set\n230216 7:30:01 [Note] /Applications/digiKam.org/digikam.app/Contents/lib/mariadb/bin/mysqld (mysqld 5.5.68-MariaDB) starting as process 25388 ...\n230216 7:30:01 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /Users/gilles/Pictures/.mysql.digikam/db_data/ is case insensitive\n" digikam.databaseserver: Exit code: 1 digikam.databaseserver: Process error: "Unknown error" digikam.databaseserver: Cannot start internal database server I can conclude that mariadb 5 is not compatible with Qt5.15.8 currently available in macports. What i found strange is the rules to compile qt mysql plugin: by default macports use mariadb 5, not 10. Why if 5 is not compatible ? (i suspect that nobody has already tested this from macports team). Note : the Alex problem is different as it use a remote mysql server as database. Gilles -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.