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title: "Collect Earth did not start"
url: "https://openforis.support/questions/202/collect-earth-did-not-start"
tags: ["collect", "earth"]
status: "answered"
score: 0
answer_count: 2
asked: "2015-03-15T04:37:51"
last_activity: "2015-06-29T21:58:45"
source: "Open Foris Support - Q&A Forum"
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# Collect Earth did not start

Asked by chris on 2015-03-15

I successfully installed collect earth in my laptop and when i click it to start, there is a error  message which reads "Collect Earth could not start due to DB connection issue".

I need your help

Thanks
Chris
Solomon Islands


## Answer (score 0, by gmarchi on 2015-03-17)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/202/collect-earth-did-not-start/203

Sorry for the delay but the message was tagged "collect" and "earth", not "collectEarth", and I missed it.

Please have a look at this reply while a fix is implemented.

[http://www.openforis.org/support/questions/195/collect-earth-not-starting-splash-screen-only][1]

Basically:

 - dig manually to the file
   C:\Users\marchi\AppData\Roaming\CollectEarth\earth.properties
 - open it with a text editor
 - change the line "db_driver=POSTGRESQL" to
   "db_driver=SQLITE"
 - save the file

Thanks,

Giulio


  [1]: http://www.openforis.org/support/questions/195/collect-earth-not-starting-splash-screen-only


## Answer (score 0, by Tesfay on 2015-06-24)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/202/collect-earth-did-not-start/295

Hi There,

Collect Earth failed to open, exactly as described above since yesterday. I did move one file into different folder last week but it was not the application file. Since this morning I start to get this message.
![alt text][1]
tried to reinstall but, first it won't download fully in my PC. So downloaded into USB using a different computer. And transferred for installation. Installs without problem, but still not starting. Just the log window pops up for few seconds and nothing happens
![alt text][2]

Help appreciated.
Tesfay


  [1]: http://www.openforis.org/support/upfiles/ErrorMessageClickOpen_1.PNG
  [2]: http://www.openforis.org/support/upfiles/CELogo.PNG