Darktable opening files

PeterFalun · February 21, 2018, 10:13pm

Hi
Installed DT 2.4.1, (windows).

When I want to open/import files I only get a message “can not read file” (in Swedish)

In the preview to open/import the Picture shows

houz · February 21, 2018, 10:47pm

Could you share one such file?

PeterFalun · February 22, 2018, 8:45am

peterbud · February 22, 2018, 12:06pm

Hmm, I could open it without any problem.

Morgan_Hardwood · February 22, 2018, 12:27pm

@PeterFalun this forum modifies image files on upload, so what we see is not exactly what you uploaded. Either first zip the file and then upload it here, or upload as a JPEG straight to https://filebin.net/

PeterFalun · February 22, 2018, 3:13pm

thanks, I moved the file to a USB-stick and then it all worked.

trying again opening file from computer caused an error message “darktable - error locking database”

"the database lock file contains a pid that seems to be alive in your system:7444

houz · February 22, 2018, 7:59pm

If you are sure that there is no instance of darktable running then you can just delete the lock files the error dialog points to.