Dash does not show photos.

[Aidan Smoker]

Dash does not display anything in the 'photos' section even though there are images in the standard location in the user home folder and it shows icons for pictures in other sections like 'home' and 'applications'.

To replicate:

1. Log in as user
2. Click canonical 'dash' logo in side bar
3. Dash opens
4. Icons present as expected in 'home', 'files', etc. sections as expected
4. Click photo section icon on dash interface
5. should show images from /home/user/pictures
6. Nothing displayed

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lsb_release -rd:
     Description: Ubuntu 15.10
     Release: 15.10

apt-cache policy dash
     dash:
       Installed: 0.5.7-4ubuntu2
       Candidate: 0.5.7-4ubuntu2
       Version table:
      *** 0.5.7-4ubuntu2 0
             500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
             100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

uname -a
     Linux machine-name 4.2.0-29-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 8 16:57:47 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: dash 0.5.7-4ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-29.34-generic 4.2.8-ckt3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Feb 16 08:44:36 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-27 (80 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: dash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The dash uses the shotwell collections and online sources, it's a bit suboptimal but you need to start shotwell and have it index your photo for that to work

[Aidan Smoker (aidansmoker)]

Changed the report to have status 'Opinion'. Perhaps someone can close the report as it is obviously not a bug, just something that needs the user to do a bit of research.