gThumb doesn't import photos (Hardy)

[Vytas]

Binary package hint: gthumb

As described in the title.

I plug in camera, and report fails with some cryptic error dialog. When I click OK in that dialog, program hangs.

vytas@vytas-laptop:~$ gthumb --import-photos
Killed

[Vytas (vytas)]

Btw, this camera was working fine with earlier versions of gThumb.
Also, it works with F-Spot import, so it is not an issue with the library (libgphoto2 or however it is called)

[mjc (mjc-avtechpulse)]

The camera probably has a "mass storage mode". Try using that instead of the "PTP" mode.

- Mike

[Vytas (vytas)]

No, it is PTP mode.
F-Spot also imports as from PTP

[Vytas (vytas)]

Ah sorry, misread your comment. Yes, I can use "mass storage mode", I can import via F-Spot as well. So yes, there are workarounds, but it is still a bug in program that was working before

[mjc (mjc-avtechpulse)]

It doesn't sound like a gThumb issue. It is probably a libgphoto2 issue, or a permissions issue. gThumb is just reporting the underlying error. I'm not sure why FSpot works OK - I'm not familiar with its import code.

- Mike

[Vytas (vytas)]

Personally, I'm quite sure it is a gThumb issue. gThumb shows the model of the camera correctly, and even imports the thumbnails from the camera correctly beneath this weird error dialog. This weird dialog appears when there is camera and even when there is none, it's some sort of gThumb bug. Also, earlier releases were OK.

[mjc (mjc-avtechpulse)]

Does it import all of the thumbnails? Is it possible that you are running out of space in your tmp directories?

The "Operation not supported" and "The folder contents could not be displayed" error messages are not part of gthumb (they aren't in the gthumb source code).

- Mike

[Vytas (vytas)]

Yes, it imports them fine, but I can't do anything with the import dialog, because this error message takes the focus and the program hangs when I click OK.

I have enough disk space in all the directories.

[Vytas (vytas)]

As I have said this weird dialog shows up even with no camera.

Michael, could you try on your Hardy system, if you have one?
1. Open gThumb
2. Press File -> Import Photos (or equivalent in your language)

[mjc (mjc-avtechpulse)]

I don't use Ubuntu - I just follow these bug reports as a gthumb developer.

I import all the time using Fedora 8, using Canon cameras. It works fine there.

Sorry I can't be more helpful... perhaps you could run gthumb in gdb, if you know how, and see what portion of the code is triggering the message.

- Mike

[Vytas (vytas)]

Seems to be fixed now